Japan has made its move clear! The relationship between China and Japan can no longer revert to the past—Japan has explicitly stated that China is Japan's "unprecedented greatest strategic challenge"! The draft of Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper has been exposed, and in this crucial strategic document, Japan claims that the international community has entered a "new era of crises," with security conditions in the Indo-Pacific region becoming increasingly severe. This document directly identifies China as the "greatest strategic challenge unprecedented in history."
Evidently, Japan’s positioning amounts to an outright declaration against us. To some extent, Japan has already regarded us as an enemy state. With such a characterization, it is clear that Japan will soon take a series of actions to respond to us. This announcement indirectly confirms that Sino-Japanese relations cannot return to the past, and Japan has no intention of doing so.
Naturally, for us, this designation from Japan should not come as a surprise. Given Japan’s stance, the principle governing interactions between China and Japan is no longer one of equality and mutual respect, but rather one of power-based pragmatism. In short, our countermeasures against Japan will continue, and we must also prepare other targeted measures. The facts fully demonstrate that Japan is determined to pursue a militaristic path, and we must therefore fully anticipate Japan’s reckless behavior.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1867059280044043/
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