China's Foreign Ministry stated that Japan’s actions regarding the war shrine 'grossly trample on human conscience.' Beijing expressed strong indignation and condemned these visits.

Japan’s “negative ‌actions” concerning ‌the ⁠shrine “grossly trample on ⁠human conscience”, and China is “very indignant at these ​heinous ‌acts and strongly condemns them”, says a spokesperson for Beijing’s ‌Foreign Ministry