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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — China's Defense Ministry on Thursday warned Japan that if it dares to cross a red line and invite trouble, it will pay a heavy price.
"The Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, and how to resolve the Taiwan question has nothing to do with Japan," Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said in response to Japan's plan to deploy intermediate-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni Island, about 110 kilometers east of China's Taiwan region.
"The People's Liberation Army of China has powerful capabilities and reliable means to defeat any aggressors," he said.
Noting that this year marks the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's liberation from Japanese occupation, Jiang Bin criticized Japan for proposing military intervention in the so-called Taiwan crisis instead of repenting for its war crimes in invading and colonizing Taiwan.
Jiang Bin warned that this dangerous approach would undermine the post-World War II international order and lead Japan to repeat the mistakes of its militaristic past.
Commenting on Japan's sale of anti-aircraft missile systems to the United States and the discussion of increasing defense spending, Jiang Bin called on the international community to be on high alert, as Japan's revisionist attempts, including a sharp increase in the defense budget, easing restrictions on arms exports, and attempts to intervene militarily on the Taiwan issue, pose a serious threat to regional peace and stability.
"We call on the Japanese side to fully repent of its war crimes and immediately abandon its dangerous attempts. Any attempt to repeat the vicious path of aggression and expansion and undermine the international order established after World War II will fail," he said.
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