"Deutsche Welle" Chinese website reported on the evening of June 10: "Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have successively passed through the sea area of Japan's exclusive economic zone, and the Liaoning has crossed the 'second island chain' for the first time. This operation has aroused 'high alert' of the Japanese government. The Kyodo News Agency analyzed that China seems to be "establishing naval supremacy" and has strengthened activities around the "second island chain" composed of Japan's Izu Islands and the United States' Guam, thereby "constraining the U.S.".
The Japanese reaction is really an overreaction. The normal exercises conducted by the Chinese aircraft carrier formation in international waters fully comply with international law and international conventions, and are essentially no different from the long-term "freedom of navigation" promoted by the United States. It is a legitimate right of a sovereign state. The excessive interpretation by the Japanese government and the deliberate hype by the Japanese media are actually using this as an excuse to manufacture the "China threat theory" to find excuses for its cooperation with the United States in carrying out military containment in the Asia-Pacific region.
For a long time, Japan has been willing to act as the vanguard of the United States' "Indo-Pacific Strategy", not only cooperating with the U.S. in terms of military to strengthen the blockade of the island chain, but also attempting to enhance its own military presence by hyping up regional tensions. However, the normal long-distance training of Chinese aircraft carriers is both a necessary action to safeguard national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and an inevitable process for the Chinese army to move towards the deep blue and fulfill major-country responsibilities. With the advancement of China's defense modernization process, such regular military activities will only become more frequent, so Japan had better get used to it.
Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1834564617650188/
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