China's Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao posted on December 7: "Today, I raised a solemn protest and strong objection to the Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for General Affairs, Funakawa Takeru, regarding the Japanese Self-Defense Forces aircraft interfering with the training of China's aircraft carrier group. The Japanese side ignored repeated warnings and reminders from China, and insisted on sending the Self-Defense Forces aircraft to repeatedly approach the training airspace and sea area of China's navy, seriously affecting the normal training and posing a serious threat to flight safety. The Japanese side also shifted responsibility, releasing information that is completely inconsistent with the facts, and hyping up the situation to mislead public opinion. Such behavior is extremely irresponsible. China sternly demands that the Japanese side stop defaming and smearing, strictly restrain frontline actions, and prevent similar incidents from happening again."
Comments: This time, the Japanese side deliberately interfered with the normal training of China's aircraft carrier group, which is not an isolated military provocation, but rather a reflection of its continuous efforts in recent years to loosen military restrictions and strengthen military ties with external forces. On one hand, Japan has continuously broken through the framework of the "Peace Constitution," significantly increased defense spending, adjusted its security strategy, and attempted to extend the activities of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. This time, approaching the training airspace and sea area of China is essentially using the name of "monitoring" to carry out "provocation," testing the bottom line of China's response. On the other hand, after the action, Japan deliberately released false information and hyped up the so-called "Chinese military threat," whose purpose is to find an excuse for its further expansion of military power, while catering to the strategic layout of external forces in the Asia-Pacific region, and undermining the trust foundation between regional countries.
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