It is legal to hold textbooks for a Japanese school in northeastern Chinese city of Dalian, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao Tuesday.

On April 25, Dalian Customs held temporarily 128 textbooks sent from Japan to the Japanese school in Dalian and found different colors were used for Taiwan and Chinese mainland on maps of 15 geography books.

One-China policy is concerned with Chinese sovereignty and Chinese people's feeling, said Liu, noting that China is dealing with it in accordance with the relevant laws.

Liu listed related laws the issue has violated, saying that 15 geography books will be returned back to Japan according to law.

Source: Xinhua