Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang speaks at an everyday press convention in Beijing, China, June 9, 2026. /Chinese Defense Ministry
China says Japan’s try to play up a reliable coaching operation within the Western Pacific is doomed to fail.
“People see clearly that the Japanese side is playing up China’s legitimate operation to stoke tensions and mislead public opinion,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang stated Tuesday. “This propaganda campaign will never succeed.”
Zhang’s remarks got here after Japan repeatedly tracked and monitored the Liaoning Carrier Task Group (CTG Liaoning) throughout current coaching within the Western Pacific. Japan’s Ministry of Defense has disclosed particulars together with the duty group’s vessel numbers, coaching location and sorties flown by ship-borne plane. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani stated Japan would proceed to carefully monitor the actions of the Chinese service activity group and keep on alert.
Zhang stated that CTG Liaoning is conducting deliberate coaching in Western Pacific waters, “not targeted at any specific country or entity” however “aimed at enhancing the combat capabilities of the CTG through far-seas training.”Â
He added that the China responded to a number of Japanese surveillance operations in the course of the coaching in accordance with legal guidelines and laws.
Source: CGTN