SCIO briefing on White Paper on China's Military Strategy
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TV Asahi:
In the white paper's first chapter, "National Security Situation," Japan and the United States are mentioned specifically. Is there any significance behind this? What's China's view on Japan's defense policy change?
Yang Yujun:
You are a careful reader. You noticed the parts that elaborate on the U.S. "rebalancing" strategy in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan's change of military and security policies in the white paper. In my opinion, that is a restatement of China's previous stance, a way of expressing our concern about regional security and an objective description of the current situation. We have explained China's stance concerning these issues in different ways through different channels many times before.
As for Japan's military policy change, we have repeated many times that due to historical reasons, Japan's neighboring countries in Asia and other foreign countries are highly concerned about its military policies. We hope that the Japanese government can draw experience from the past, stick to peace and development, and make positive contributions to the peace, safety, stability and development of Asia.
That's all for my answers. Now, I want to take this chance to announce that the official microblog and WeChat accounts of China's National Defense Ministry opened today. The two accounts made a live webcast of this press conference just now. I hope more friends will follow them. The name is "国防部发布." We will strive to offer you more information on China's national defense, and we will do all we can to defend our country. Thank you!
Hu Kaihong:
That's all for today's conference. Thank you all!
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