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Recently, the Institute for Defense Studies, a think tank of the Japanese Ministry of Defense, released the "China Security Strategy Report 2024", which hyped up China's nuclear threat and the dangers of Sino-Russian cooperation.
In addition to hyping up the "China threat theory," in this report, a Japanese think tank also suggested that Japan strengthen its "defense forces" on the grounds of "preventing China from changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait."
**Press conference).
On December 7, spokesman Wang Wenbin responded to Japan's report on behalf of Chinese officials at a press conference.
China responds to Japan's report on China
After the end of World War II, Japan was under the control of the United States for a long time.
Although Japan's economy was growing rapidly in the last century, Japan once showed a desire to break free from American control.
However, as the United States punctured Japan's economic bubble and knocked Japan's economy to a slump, Japan also lost its morale and honestly continued to be a little brother to the United States.
In 2011, when China became the world's second largest economy, the United States suddenly realized that China, which they once despised, could become a threat to itself, and shouted the slogan of "returning to the Asia-Pacific".
Japan not only responded to the call of the United States, but also wanted to take the opportunity to loosen its ties from the "Peace Constitution," so it volunteered to take on the role of the "anti-China vanguard" of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region.
Since 2011, the think tank of the Japanese Ministry of Defense has published the so-called "China Security Strategy Report" every year, hyping up the Chinese threat and taking the opportunity to demand an increase in the so-called "defense budget".
In 2021, Japan's military spending exceeded 1% of the total GDP, and Japan also plans to increase the proportion of military spending to 2% of the total GDP in 2027.
Japan's military spending continues to climb).
Recently, Japan released this year's "China Security Strategy Report", in which Japan hyped up the danger of China's nuclear capability enhancement and once again exaggerated the Sino-Russian cooperation to form an alliance against the United States and Japan.
At the same time, in this report, Japan ignored its own "one China" commitment and called for further strengthening of its defense forces on the grounds of "preventing China from changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait."
At a regular press conference on December 7, spokesman Wang Wenbin sternly refuted Japan's behavior.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that China has always adhered to peaceful development, and Japan's comments on China's various policies in the so-called report are completely irresponsible and untenable.
At the same time, he stressed once again that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair and brooks no interference by any external forces.
**Spokesperson Wang Wenbin).
At the end of his speech, Wang Wenbin also pointed out that in recent years, Japan has been increasing its military spending under the pretext of the "China threat," which has aroused the concerns of many countries.
China urges the Japanese side to deeply reflect on history, stop such behavior, and demonstrate Japan's peaceful attitude with concrete actions, so as to reassure its Asian neighbors and the international community.
Japan is at risk if it goes its own way
Although according to Japan's hostility to China in recent years, they probably will not take China's kind reminders to heart, we still hope that Japan can reflect on it in time and realize its wrong behavior.
Moreover, Japan should also realize that there is no benefit to Japan being hostile to China, and it will only cause losses to Japan.
From an economic point of view, Japan is a large country, accounting for 37% of GDP abroad, and China is Japan's largest partner.
China is Japan's largest partner).
Prior to this, many commentators had commented that the relationship between China and Japan was "politically cold and economically hot" and that the economic and trade ties between China and Japan were the "ballast stone" of Sino-Japanese relations.
However, in recent years, Japan has followed the United States in taking a tough line on China and has imposed economic sanctions against China, resulting in the gradual cooling of economic and trade ties between China and Japan.
In 2022, the amount of China and Japan will be 3574$200 million, down 139 from the previous year$800 million.
And this year, as Japan continues to implement more restrictive policies against China, as well as the impact of Japan's forced discharge of nuclear wastewater, it is presumable that China and Japan will usher in a more rapid decline.
This has undoubtedly caused serious economic losses to Japan, greatly damaged Japan's economic interests, and weakened Japan's economic development and competitiveness.
On the political front, Japan's use of China as an excuse to break through the constraints of the "Peace Constitution" will even affect Japan's political image and credibility.
Japan's Peace Constitution).
The Peace Constitution is one of Japan's post-war cornerstones and has an important binding effect on military and security policy, and any amendment or reinterpretation of this constitution could be seen as a major shift in Japan's security policy.
For Japan's international image, such a move could be interpreted as a signal that Japan would break free from postwar restrictions and build up its military power, which would inevitably cause alarm among other countries, especially those that had been harmed by Japan in World War II.
This will inevitably lead to damage to Japan's political image and credibility, and a decline in Japan's status and prestige in the international community.
Moreover, Japan must clearly understand the fact that Japan has broken the "Peace Constitution" under the pretext of being tough on China and strengthened its so-called "defense capability," which is harmful to Japan's security.
Japan's breakthrough of the Peace Constitution is harmful to itself).
In order to cater to the United States' hardline stance on China and to achieve its goal of loosening its ties from the "Peace Constitution," Japan has chosen to meddle in China's bottom line issues such as the Taiwan issue.
This will inevitably lead to tension between China and Japan, and even if Japan "does not operate properly," it is not impossible for China and Japan to directly clash and confront each other, and this will greatly increase the security risks between China and Japan.
Japan should aim at peaceful development and adjust its policies in a timely manner so that it can better safeguard its own interests.
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The think tank of the Japanese Ministry of Defense released the "China Security Strategy Report" Ren Wei and Chen Di "Modern Military".
Japanese media: Japan's military GDP accounted for more than 1% of the actual proportion of reference news.
Fumio Kishida: Japan's defense spending will increase to 2% of GDP in fiscal 2027 Look at the news.
The economic and trade "ballast stone" of Sino-Japanese relations has become lighterKishida** needs to think about the news.