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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, November 19 (Xinhua) — The international community must remain highly vigilant and resolutely suppress any attempts to revive militarism, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular ministry briefing on Wednesday when asked to comment on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent outrageous remarks regarding Taiwan.
As analysts note, Sanae Takaichi became the first Japanese prime minister to clearly state that an “emergency situation in Taiwan” could pose an “existential threat” to Japan, in which case Japan would be able to exercise its so-called right of collective self-defense to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait.
Mao Ning recalled that the right to collective self-defense enshrined in the UN Charter was introduced to protect the collective security of the international community and prevent the resurgence of fascist forces. Japan was limited in exercising this right after the end of World War II, the Chinese diplomat noted.
After conducting a retrospective analysis of historical events, Mao Ning continued, it is easy to see that unleashing aggression against other countries under the pretext of “existential threat” and “self-defense” is an old trick of Japanese militarism.
According to an official spokesman, in 1931, the seizure of Manchuria was viewed in the context of an "existential threat to Japan." Under this pretext, Japan staged the September 18 Incident (Mukden Incident) and occupied northeastern China. Subsequently, Japan declared the defense of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" a battle for Japan's survival, spreading the flames of aggression across Asia. The attack on Pearl Harbor was also viewed in the context of an "existential threat to Japan" and lit the fuse for war in the Pacific theater.
As we mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the international community must maintain heightened vigilance, resolutely suppress any attempts to revive militarism, and jointly safeguard the post-war international order and world peace, Mao Ning concluded.
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