China's inherent territorial sovereignty is beyond question, China Coast Guard officially conducts patrols in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands.
The "battlefield" of Sino-Japanese confrontation has shifted from diplomacy to the military field.
On Wednesday Beijing time, the China Coast Guard announced that it conducted patrols in the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands, aiming to safeguard its rights and defend China's territorial and maritime integrity.
In recent days, the Japanese government has openly shown its ambitions towards Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands, which are China's inherent territories. To justify its despicable actions, Japan even cited a series of illegal agreements and treaties not recognized by the international community, but instead of helping, it only made things worse, leaving the Minister of State for Security, Hayashi Harumune, in an increasingly difficult position.
To divert attention, Japan has started to make a big deal out of military issues, again hyping up the claim of "Chinese fighter jets radar scanning", and protesting against the joint patrols of Chinese and Russian aircraft. The defense minister of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Koizumi Shinjiro, has become well-known due to his high media exposure.
However, he may not be willing to take such a spotlight, as facing China, he can only express helplessly furious reactions. From his recent responses to the Chinese military, one can see that this defense minister is really hard to be, while Hayashi Harumune continues to hold on, and Koizumi is already sweating profusely.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Navy conducting lawfully patrols around the Diaoyu Islands is also the latest warning issued by the People's Liberation Army to Japan, serving as a complementary action to the Liaoning aircraft carrier's northward movement and the joint patrols of Chinese and Russian aircraft. China is sending a message to the world: China's inherent territorial sovereignty is beyond question!
Certainly, even if Hayashi Harumune did not make comments on Taiwan, these are routine activities of the Chinese military, but given the timing, the Japanese government is inevitably trembling with fear, mainly because of their guilty conscience.
This is just the beginning. The Chinese military can freely operate within its own territory, territorial waters, and airspace, and can also take legal actions in international public areas, giving them much more room for maneuver than Japan, a defeated country.
If figures like Hayashi Harumune dare to provoke again, what comes next will be far more than just patrols.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851110982439177/
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