Sino-Japanese Journalist Exchange Agreement
The Sino-Japanese Journalist Exchange Agreement is a term that collectively refers to several agreements for a journalist exchange between China and Japan.
1964 Memorandum of Agreement
Liao Chengzhi, the president of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Society, and Tatsunosuke Takasaki, a Japanese politician, worked together on the LT Trade Agreement,. Both sides signed the memorandum regarding trade on November 9, 1962. The members of both the Liao Chengzhi Office and the Tatsunosuke Takasaki Office held a meeting regarding journalism between China and Japan. The delegates for the meeting were Liao and Japanese Diet member Kenzō Matsumura.On April 19, 1964, both countries reached a consensus for the establishment of a trade liaison office and the exchange of journalists.
Attendees of this meeting were:
- For China - Liao Chengzhi, Sun Pinghua, Wang Xiaoyun.
- For Japan - Kenzō Matsumura, Yutaro Takeyama, Kaheita Okazaki, Yoshimi Hurui, Tadaharu Okubo.
1968 Amendment
On March 6, 1968, Sino-Japanese Memorandum Trade Meeting Communique was issued and both parties agreed to institutionalize the Memorandum Trade in lieu of Liao-Takasaki Agreement.In the agreement, both countries state;
On the same day, a meeting to amend the memorandum regarding Sino-Japanese Journalist Exchange Agreement was also arranged.
Three politic principles
The Three politic principles appear in the Sino-Japanese Memorandum Trade Meeting Communique of 1968 are the long-held diplomatic principle which China have often asserted since Liao Chengzhi made a point as the government's official view on Zhou Enlai's behalf when Tadataka Sata, Japanese diet member, visited China on August 29, 1958.According to Zhou Enlai's talk regarding trade between Japan and China in 1960, Three politic principles will be as follows.
The compliance for these three points were discussed in the meeting for Memorandum Trade.
Press restraints
Joint Communique of Japan and the People's Republic of China was signed in Beijing on September 29, 1972. This established diplomatic relations and made substantial progress in the relationship between China and Japan. On January 5, 1974, China-Japan Trade Agreement was signed in Beijing. On the same day, Memorandum Regarding Japan-China Continuous Journalist Exchange was also exchanged.The Three political principles still exist. Each Japanese media organization, which sends correspondent to China, is required to agree with the contents of the statement in the documents regarding journalist exchange. This virtually means the journalists are banned from writing a press report that takes a hostile view toward China.