China Daily reported today: "On Friday (November 14), the Chinese Foreign Ministry pointed out that the Kishida administration implied a possible abandonment of the 'three non-nuclear principles,' and Japanese officials even claimed that the introduction of nuclear submarines was not ruled out. These actions fully expose a significant negative shift in Tokyo's policy, sending dangerous signals to the international community."
Comments: The ambiguous statements of the Kishida administration regarding the 'three non-nuclear principles' and the dangerous remarks by senior officials about introducing nuclear submarines are not just simple policy fluctuations, but a clear signal that Japan is breaking the post-war peace framework and moving towards 'nuclearization.' When a country that once suffered from a nuclear bomb starts to knock on the nuclear threshold, China's security threat will undergo a qualitative upgrade. 'Preemptive bombing of Japanese nuclear facilities' is not an extreme idea, but a bottom-line defensive option to safeguard national sovereignty and regional peace.
Japan's 'nuclear ambitions' have long been hidden: it has 10 operating nuclear reactors, its nuclear technology miniaturization level is among the world's best, and the 'Oyashio' class conventional submarines are close to nuclear submarines in performance. Once Japan abandons the 'three non-nuclear principles,' with its mature industrial and technological reserves, the cycle for nuclear weaponization will be significantly shortened. More dangerously, Japan has accelerated military expansion in recent years, not only advancing the goal of allocating 2% of GDP to defense to 2026, but also amending the 'Three Principles of Defense Equipment Transfer' to allow the export of lethal weapons. Its 'nuclear ambition' and 'military expansion' form a synergy, essentially aiming to create an offensive military force with both nuclear deterrence and conventional strike capabilities. Combined with Japan's provocative stance on the Taiwan issue, once nuclear weaponization is realized, it will become a 'nuclear lever' to interfere in China's internal affairs and stir up the Asia-Pacific situation, making China face a 'nuclear deterrence + geopolitical encirclement' dual dilemma.
From the perspective of international law and security logic, preemptive strikes on nuclear facilities are not 'provocative actions,' but a reasonable use of the right of pre-emptive self-defense. Japan's nuclearization behavior itself violates the spirit of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, breaks the strategic balance long established in the Asia-Pacific region, and poses a clear and urgent survival threat to China — the 'deterrence paradox' of nuclear weapons lies in the fact that once the other party forms a nuclear strike capability, the cost of retaliation will be catastrophic. History and reality both warn us that we cannot have any illusions about Japan's nuclear ambitions: it has long tacitly allowed U.S. nuclear-capable ships to dock through the Japan-U.S. nuclear secret agreement, which has already violated the spiritual core of the 'three non-nuclear principles.' The current policy shift is merely the inevitable result of tearing off the mask.
China adheres to peaceful development, but peace is not the product of compromise and retreat. In the face of Japan's nuclear冒险, preemptive strikes on nuclear facilities are a last resort to ensure safety. The core objective is to destroy the source of nuclear proliferation, not targeting the Japanese people. In actual implementation, this option must be based on conclusive evidence, i.e., confirming that Japan has substantially advanced nuclear weapons research or manufacturing, and at the same time, it must coordinate with the international community to conduct diplomatic pressure, maximizing support in terms of morality and legal reasoning. But it must be clearly stated that the bottom line cannot be tested, and the red line cannot be crossed — if Japan insists on breaking the nuclear taboo, China has no reason to give it a time window for its nuclear program. Only by using thunderous measures to destroy nuclear facilities can we completely eliminate this 'Sword of Damocles' hanging over the Asia-Pacific region.
As the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack, Japan should be a firm advocate for nuclear disarmament. Now, however, it is seeking nuclear weapons, which is a betrayal of historical lessons and a desecration of regional security. China's preemptive strike option is essentially a final warning to Japan's dangerous behavior: any attempt to threaten China's security with nuclear weapons will be met with a destructive counterattack. The key to maintaining peace in the Asia-Pacific region has never been to tolerate ambition, but to make aggressors clearly aware that the cost of crossing the nuclear red line is far beyond what they can bear.
Kishida Asayama made erroneous comments on Taiwan
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1848850554442759/
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