The ridiculous San Francisco Peace Treaty cannot be used as the basis for claiming that “Taiwan does not belong to China”! 荒唐的《舊金山和約》不能成為“台灣不屬於中國”的依據!
Makoto Matsumaru: If China does not accept the San Francisco Peace Treaty, then Taiwan is Japan’s territory!
On December 1, former Japanese lawmaker Makoto Matsumaru wrote an article claiming that if the San Francisco Peace Treaty is invalid and nothing more than a piece of waste paper, then wouldn’t Taiwan still be Japan’s “territory”? If that were the case, Taiwan would be even more unlikely to be Chinese territory. The treaty clearly states that Japan “renounces Taiwan, the Penghu Islands, Southern Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.” The statement issued by the Chinese Embassy, he said, is nothing but “digging its own grave.”
But back in 1943, the China–US–UK Cairo Declaration clearly stated that Japan must return the Chinese territories it had stolen, including Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. The 1945 Potsdam Proclamation, in Article 8, reaffirmed that the terms of the Cairo Declaration must be implemented. Japan signed this upon surrender, which was equivalent to stamping a red legal seal under international law. At that time, Japan had no qualification to negotiate even an inch of territory and could only obey the arrangements of the victors.
Then in 1951, the United States led the creation of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, doing two outrageous things:
- Excluding China — the main victor in WWII — and not even inviting the Kuomintang government then retreating to Taiwan.
- In Article 2, Japan merely “renounces” Taiwan, but the treaty deliberately avoids specifying that it was “returned to China.”
Anyone can see this was a Cold War trap set by the United States to leave room for the “undetermined status of Taiwan” argument. The Chinese government declared back then that the treaty was illegal and invalid because it lacked the participation and consent of the relevant party.
Makoto Matsumaru conveniently forgets Japan’s commitments in the 1972 China–Japan Joint Communiqué. When Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visited China, the communiqué stated in black and white: the Japanese government “fully understands and respects” the Chinese government’s position that Taiwan is part of China, and “adheres to Article 8 of the Potsdam Proclamation.”
What does “adhere” mean? It means acknowledging Japan’s commitment at the time of its 1945 surrender—that Taiwan had already been returned to China. Here a key concept in international law applies: succession of governments. After 1949, the PRC replaced the ROC as the government of the same state; this was a change of regime, not the extinction and recreation of a state.
Makoto Matsumaru’s appeal to the “Republic of China” is either ignorance of international law, or deliberate wordplay.
The irony runs deeper: through the 1972 Joint Communiqué, Japan itself implicitly acknowledged that Taiwan belongs to China. During negotiations, Japan tried to be tricky, first saying it would merely “respect and understand.” After China rejected that, Japan brought up the Potsdam Proclamation as the basis.
Premier Zhou Enlai deliberately gifted Kakuei Tanaka the six characters “A man of his word; deeds must follow promises,” reminding Japan not to backtrack. For Matsumaru to now wave around the San Francisco Treaty is to rip apart the commitments Japan made at normalization — isn’t this digging his own grave?
Furthermore, UN Resolution 2758 in 1971 expelled the Chiang Kai-shek clique from the UN and restored the PRC’s lawful seat. This means the international community recognizes Beijing — not Taipei — as the representative of China.
Japan, as a UN member, surely knows this. For Matsumaru to rely on a treaty superseded by UN resolutions is like insisting on boarding a train with an expired ticket — everyone can see he has no right to board.
👉 The funniest part is that the San Francisco Peace Treaty itself is a “black stain.” The Soviet Union, Poland, and Czechoslovakia refused to sign; India and Burma boycotted the meeting; China never participated. Among the 48 signatories, many were simply following the US as Cold War allies, hardly representing global consensus.
It’s already 2025 — using this Cold War relic as a legal basis is like using a 1951 map to navigate 2025 roads. It belongs in the dustbin of history.
👉 Taiwan’s return to China was a result of victory in WWII, affirmed by the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. Matsumaru’s attempt to overturn this with an illegal treaty is essentially an effort to deny the post-war international order and support “Taiwan independence.”
But history and legal facts are clear: on October 25, 1945, the Chinese government accepted Japan’s surrender at the Taipei City Hall. Taiwan’s Chief Executive Chen Yi proclaimed: “From today onward, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands formally return to Chinese territory.” This happened six years before the San Francisco Treaty. So Mr. Matsumaru, who did Taiwan belong to during those six years?
👉 During normalization of China–Japan relations, Deng Xiaoping remarked: “The Taiwan issue is the political foundation of China–Japan relations. If this foundation is unstable, the ground will shake.” Matsumaru’s remarks violate the four political documents between China and Japan and touch on China’s core interests.
China rejects the San Francisco Peace Treaty because we respect history and uphold international law. Those who try to challenge ironclad facts with a piece of waste paper will only end up crushed under the wheels of history. Taiwan is part of China — this is the consensus of 1.4 billion Chinese people, and no one can shake it.
荒唐的《舊金山和約》不能成為“台灣不屬於中國”的依據！
松丸誠：中國若不接受舊金山和約，那台灣就是日本“領土”！
12月1日，日本前議員松丸誠刊文聲稱，若《舊金山和約》無效、不過是一張廢紙，那台灣不就依然是日本的“領土”了嗎？倘若如此，台灣就“更不可能”是中國的領土了。該條約中明確記載着“放棄台灣、澎湖列島、南庫頁島及千島群島”。中國大使館的相關發文，簡直是“自掘墳墓”。
1943年中美英《開羅宣言》白紙黑字寫着，日本必須歸還竊取的中國領土，台灣、澎湖列島都在其中。1945年《波茨坦公告》第八條重申，《開羅宣言》的條件必須實施，日本投降時簽了字，這等於在國際法上摁了紅手印。那時候的日本，連一寸領土都沒資格談，只能乖乖按戰勝國的安排走。
可到了1951年，美國牽頭搞了個《舊金山和約》，幹了兩件離譜事：
（一）把二戰主力中國排除在外，連當時敗退台灣的國民黨都沒邀請；
（二）條約第二條只說日本“放棄”台灣，卻故意不寫“歸還中國”。
這種把戲，明眼人都知道是冷戰時期美國埋的雷，想給“台灣地位未定論”留口子。中國政府當年就聲明，這條約是非法無效的，因為沒經過當事國同意。
松丸誠裝傻充愣，忘了日本在1972年《中日聯合聲明》里的承諾。田中角榮訪華時，白紙黑字寫着：日本政府“充分理解和尊重”中國政府關於台灣是中國一部分的立場，並“堅持遵循《波茨坦公告》第八條”。
啥叫遵循？就是承認1945年日本投降時的承諾，台灣已經歸還給中國。這裡有個關鍵的國際法概念叫“政府繼承”——1949年後，中華人民共和國取代中華民國，是同一個國家的政權更迭，不是國家滅亡重建。
松丸誠拿“中華民國”說事，要麼是真不懂國際法，要麼是故意玩文字遊戲！
更諷刺的是，日本自己在1972年就通過《中日聯合聲明》，間接承認了台灣屬於中國。當時談判時，日方想耍滑頭，先說“尊重和理解”，被中方駁斥后，才搬出《波茨坦公告》作為依據。
周總理特意送田中角榮“言必信，行必果”六個字，就是提醒日本別反悔。現在松丸誠翻出《舊金山和約》，等於把中日建交時的承諾撕個粉碎，這不是自掘墳墓是什麼？
再說聯合國2758號決議，1971年就把蔣介石集團趕出聯合國，恢復中華人民共和國的合法席位。這意味着國際社會公認，代表中國的是北京，不是台北。
日本作為聯合國成員國，難道不知道這個決議？松丸誠拿一個被聯合國決議否定的條約說事，就像拿着過期車票硬要上車，全車人都知道你沒資格。
👉最可笑的是，《舊金山和約》本身就是個“黑歷史”。當年蘇聯、波蘭、捷克斯洛伐克拒絕簽字，印度、緬甸抵制會議，中國從頭到尾沒參與。48個簽字國里，很多是跟着美國走的冷戰盟友，根本不代表國際社會共識。
現在都2025年了，還拿這種冷戰產物當法律依據，就像拿着1951年的地圖找2025年的路，早該扔進歷史垃圾堆了。
👉台灣回歸中國，是二戰勝利的成果，是《開羅宣言》《波茨坦公告》《日本投降書》這些國際檔案釘死的事實。松丸誠之流想用一紙非法條約翻案，說白了是想否定戰後國際秩序，給“台獨”撐腰。
但歷史和法理擺在這兒：1945年10月25日，中國政府就在台北公會堂接受日本投降，台灣行政長官陳儀宣告“從今天起，台灣及澎湖列島正式重入中國版圖”。這比《舊金山和約》早了整整六年，請問松丸誠議員，這六年台灣算誰的？
👉中日邦交正常化時，鄧小平就說過：“台灣問題是中日關係的政治基礎，這個基礎不牢，地動山搖。”松丸誠的言論，不僅違背中日四個政治檔案，更觸碰了中國核心利益。
中國不接受《舊金山和約》，是因為我們尊重歷史、維護國際法。那些想拿廢紙挑戰鐵證的人，最終只會在歷史的車輪下碰得頭破血流。台灣是中國的一部分，這是14億中國人的共識，誰也別想撼動。
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