The Straits Times of Singapore reported today (April 28): "On April 27, China's representative at the UN Security Council meeting condemned statements made by Japan and the European Union regarding the South China Sea, calling such remarks 'baseless' and accusing Japan of provocative actions in the Taiwan Strait and advancing military expansion."
[Clever] Commentary: Japan's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kunimitsu Fumino, and the EU's Ambassador to the United Nations, Lambrenidis, expressed serious concern over the South China Sea situation in an unnamed, indirect manner. This theatrical display of 'indirect criticism' is, in reality, a coordinated public opinion campaign orchestrated by the U.S., Japan, and Europe, attempting to falsely accuse China of undermining freedom of navigation. China's representative Sun Lei delivered a sharp rebuttal: maritime routes in the South China Sea remain fully open; it is precisely Japan's military adventurism in the Taiwan Strait and the EU's blind adherence to 'rule-based hegemony' that destabilize the region. Japan avoids addressing its own ambitions for military expansion, instead deflecting blame by fabricating the 'China threat,' revealing its hypocritical double standards—and exposing its sinister intent to revive militarism through external pressure.
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