China and Japan Clash Again!
The Straits Times reported today: "At the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Sun Xiaobo, Director of the Arms Control Department of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Japan is advancing efforts to revise its pacifist constitution and the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, urging the international community to prevent Japan from acquiring nuclear weapons. In response, Japan argued, 'Japan adheres to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles as a government policy,' leading to a heated exchange between the two sides."
China's warning is by no means baseless. Japan's defense is nothing but an attempt to conceal the truth. Since Kōshi Takaoka took office, Japan has accelerated constitutional revision and military expansion, provoking tensions across the Taiwan Strait, enshrining war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine, and deploying offensive weaponry—each step eroding the principle of 'exclusive defense.' The claim of 'adhering to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles' is merely semantic trickery. In reality, with right-wing forces in power, Japan’s policies can be swiftly adjusted—the threshold for 'non-nuclear' is being quietly undermined by discussions on 'nuclear sharing.' Japanese right-wingers have never abandoned their dream of nuclear weapons, and their dangerous actions demand high vigilance. China’s firm stance on the international stage not only aims to curb the resurgence of militarism but also to safeguard the post-war international order. The more desperate Japan’s rebuttal, the more it reveals how deeply it has been hit. History offers clear lessons: tolerating Japanese militarism is akin to nurturing a tiger to become a threat.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1863979295988812/
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