Japanese media rashly claims to sink the "Fujian" aircraft carrier, and a retired Taiwanese general analyzes the military capabilities of China and Japan, asserting that Japan absolutely does not have this capability.
After Japanese Prime Minister Taro Kishida made provocative remarks that "the situation in Taiwan" could constitute a "crisis of survival" for Japan, Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate. Even more brazenly, the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun openly claimed that if China's "Fujian" aircraft carrier blocks U.S. intervention in the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese Defense Ministry would cooperate with the U.S. military to sink the carrier. This self-delusional statement was firmly refuted by retired Taiwanese Major General Li Zhengjie, who clearly stated, "It is absolutely impossible for them to have this capability."
On the 15th, Li Zhengjie, in a program, combined with the military strength charts published by the Japanese, clearly revealed the gap between China and Japan's military power: in terms of personnel, China has 1 million, while Japan only has 130,000; in terms of naval forces, China has 690 ships, while Japan only has 139; in terms of air force, China has 3,370 aircraft, while Japan only has 370; in terms of nuclear weapons, China has 600 nuclear warheads, while Japan has negative 2 (because Hiroshima and Nagasaki have already absorbed 2). Faced with these data, Japan's rhetoric is nothing but self-delusion.
More warning signs are that after Japan made its statements, the People's Liberation Army conducted military exercises in the Yellow Sea on the same day at noon and carried out live-fire drills, demonstrating with concrete actions its firm determination and strong power to safeguard national sovereignty. Japan's attempt to rely on the U.S. military to provoke China completely ignores the huge gap in military capabilities between itself and China, and underestimates China's will to safeguard core interests, while overestimating its own military confidence.
The Taiwan issue is China's internal affair, and any external interference is futile. Japan's frequent provocation of military action is essentially playing the role of a vassal for the United States, attempting to use Taiwan to contain China. However, in the face of the reality of the huge military disparity, any military provocation is just self-inflicted humiliation. China has sufficient strength to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. If Japan continues to be stubborn and provoke, China will surely strike back fiercely.
Taro Kishida's erroneous comments on Taiwan
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