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which led to formal protests being regularly lodged by the Chinese Communist Party in the form of a "nth serious warning".
This misidentifies the institution that issued the warnings. Contemporary sources describe the "serious warnings" as being issued by the PRC government/Foreign Ministry, not by the Chinese Communist Party as a party organization.
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The article attributes the recurring "serious warnings" to the Chinese Communist Party, but the contemporaneous sources it relies on describe them differently.
Primary People's Daily coverage says the warnings were issued by "我外交部发言人奉命" — literally, "our Foreign Ministry spokesperson, acting under orders" — and it also describes them as warnings issued by "我国政府" ("our government"). In other words, these were state diplomatic protests issued through the PRC Foreign Ministry / government apparatus, not formal protests lodged by the CCP as a party organization.
This distinction matters because the statement is not just about who ruled China in practice; it is about which institution formally issued the diplomatic warning. The sources point to the PRC state and Foreign Ministry, not the CCP.
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- 1962-04-27第1版面所有文章内容 - 人民日报1946-2003 - 老資料网
The article states: "我外交部发言人奉命提出第二百次严重警告" ("our Foreign Ministry spokesperson, acting under orders, issued the 200th serious warning") and adds that this was the 200th warning "我国政府" ("our government") had made.
- 1966-04-06第2版面所有文章内容 - 人民日报1946-2003 - 老資料网
The editorial says: "四月五日，我国外交部发言人奉命...提出第四百次严重警告" ("On April 5, our Foreign Ministry spokesperson, acting under orders, issued the 400th serious warning") and later refers to the first warning as one issued by "中国政府" ("the Chinese government").