菅政権の台湾接近けん制　森元首相伝言で談話―中国

　【北京時事】中国外務省の汪文斌副報道局長は１９日、森喜朗元首相が台湾の蔡英文総統に、電話会談に前向きな菅義偉首相の伝言を伝えたことについて「既に日本側にはっきりさせるよう要求し、日本側は『報道されたようなことは決して起きない』と明確に述べた」との談話を発表した。発足したばかりの菅政権が台湾に接近することに神経質になっているとみられ、週末にもかかわらず反応し、日本側をけん制した。（2020/09/19-22:44）

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a statement that warned against possible approach of the government of Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to Taiwan.
   Reacting to news that former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori delivered to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen a message from Suga showing a positive stance toward talks with the president over the phone or in other forms, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in the statement that China demanded Japan clarify its position on the matter.
   The Japanese side clearly replied that what has been reported will never happen, according to Wang.
   The statement suggest that China is getting nervous about the possibility of the new Japanese administration coming close to Taiwan.
   Mori delivered the message from Suga to Tsai when he paid a courtesy call on the president on Friday. The former prime minister visited Taiwan to attend a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui on Saturday.