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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, February 26 (Xinhua) — China's export control measures targeting certain Japanese economic entities are intended to stop Japan's remilitarization and its attempts to acquire nuclear weapons. China's measures are fully justified, reasonable, and legal, Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yongqian said Thursday.
He Yongqian made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a question about China's recently announced export control measures against a number of Japanese economic entities.
The official representative emphasized that China, as a responsible large country, consistently and actively fulfills its international obligations on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
As He Yongqian noted, Japan has recently been accelerating the buildup of its armed forces, lifting restrictions on arms exports, developing offensive military potential, and intending to revise the “three non-nuclear principles,” which indicates a dangerous trend of accelerated remilitarization and attempts to acquire nuclear weapons, which pose a threat to peace in the region and throughout the world.
China's legal actions affect only a few Japanese economic entities, and the measures are applied solely to dual-use goods, the Chinese ministry spokeswoman said, adding that the measures will not affect normal trade and economic exchanges between China and Japan, and Japanese entities that act in good faith and comply with the law have no cause for concern.
On February 24, China's Ministry of Commerce added 20 Japanese economic entities, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Co., to its export control list to safeguard China's national security and interests and fulfill its international obligations, including non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The agency also added 20 Japanese economic entities, including Subaru Corporation, to a watch list because it is currently unable to verify the end users of the dual-use goods they produce or how exactly their products are used.
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