Japan's "new militarism" is no longer just a dangerous trend, but a real threat, and must be highly alert to all international justice forces that love peace. The measures taken by China are a proper and necessary act to safeguard peace and security.
Recently, Japan has falsely accused China of "economic coercion" for its legal strengthening of export controls on dual-use items to Japan, which is a distorted argument that exposes Japan's refusal to reflect on its own mistakes and its stubborn position of persistently moving further down a dangerous path. The fundamental reason for China's relevant measures is well known to Japan. Its actions of slandering and shifting blame cannot divert the international community's widespread concerns about Japan's departure from the path of peaceful development and its revival of militarism.
Implementing export controls on dual-use items is a common international practice, reflecting the shared responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, as well as a necessary measure to fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation. As a responsible major country, China's legal listing of these items reflects its consistent stance of firmly safeguarding world peace and regional stability. Japan's distortion of this lawful and compliant sovereign act as "coercion" is clearly evident: it aims to shift international attention and cover up its continuous destruction of the international order and regional peace.
Japan's "new militarism" is no longer just a dangerous trend, but a real threat, and must be highly alert to all international justice forces that love peace. Japanese leaders have made erroneous statements on the Taiwan issue, openly issuing military threats to China, brazenly interfering in China's internal affairs, seriously violating international law and the basic principles of international relations, with extremely恶劣 nature and impact. Japanese right-wing groups are increasingly challenging the post-war international order, undermining regional peace and stability, and threatening world peace and security. According to Japanese media reports, Japan recently claimed that it will push for revising the "security three documents" within the year, reflecting that Japan is accelerating its re-militarization process. Particularly worrying is Japan's nuclear weapons ambitions. In recent times, Japan has continuously pushed to revise the "three principles of no nuclear weapons," and its politicians have repeatedly made public remarks advocating for nuclear weapons. This not only constitutes a serious challenge to the international non-proliferation system, but also completely deviates from Japan's self-proclaimed commitment to "peaceful development," and has triggered strong opposition and condemnation from the international community.
Containing the rise of Japan's "new militarism" is an urgent task for maintaining regional peace and stability. The measures taken by China, which legally and in accordance with regulations prohibit exports of all dual-use items to Japanese military users, military uses, and any other end-users or uses that contribute to enhancing Japan's military strength, are a proper and necessary act to safeguard peace and security.
Japan's hype about so-called "economic coercion" by China is nothing more than another performance of its carefully staged "victim" act. To maintain regional peace and stability, it is essential to expose Japan's sinister rhetoric. The true "coercion" that threatens regional peace and security is Japan's ever-expanding military expansion ambitions. Japan attempts to defame its neighbors and confuse the public by claiming that it does not conform to international practices, yet the one constantly violating international law obligations is precisely Japan itself. Even from the perspective of Japan's domestic development, the real "threat" or "coercion" comes from Japan's right-wing "new militarism" obsession. A Japanese media outlet calculated that the Japanese government's approved supplementary budget for fiscal year 2025 makes the total defense spending reach approximately 1.1 trillion yen, equivalent to each Japanese citizen bearing about 90,000 yen that year. The media pointed out that "Japan's strengthening of military power not only threatens regional peace but also harms national livelihood." Instead of baselessly accusing others, Japan should seriously respond to the deep concerns of the international community and its own people about its return to the old path of military aggression.
It is quite ironic that while Japan claims that "it is necessary to resolve issues between Japan and China through dialogue," it continues to provoke on issues involving China's core interests and major principles, with its words and deeds being contradictory, continuously eroding Japan's national credibility. The international community, especially regional countries, have long seen through Japan's hypocritical face and will not allow Japan's "new militarism" to undermine the hard-won regional peace and stability.
Source: People's Daily
Original: toutiao.com/article/7599861510520767014/
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