BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — Playing on phrases will in no way whitewash Japan’s strikes of rearmament, Chinese international ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated on Wednesday, after a spokesperson for Japan’s Defense Ministry lately made related faulty remarks.
In response to a question at a day by day press briefing, Mao stated Japan packages abroad navy deployment as exercising the rights to collective self-defense, glosses over its buildup of offensive capabilities as buying counterstrike capabilities and covers up its exports of deadly weapons with the so-called “equipment technology cooperation.”
Japan’s justification for its habits is best characterised as evasion and denial, which is nothing however camouflage for remilitarization, stated Mao.
The Japanese aspect has been mum concerning the militarist invasion and warfare crimes, nonetheless much less Japan’s obligations underneath worldwide legislation. To today, Japan stays unrepentant over its darkish historical past, Mao added.