China: Japan's intention to deploy offensive weapons near China's Taiwan region requires high vigilance from international community

Japan's intention to deploy offensive weapons near China's Taiwan region requires high vigilance from the international community, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday.

"Japan's move is to deliberately create regional tensions and instigate military confrontation," Mao told a daily press briefing.

Mao noted that, taken together with the recent erroneous remarks on Taiwan made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, this trend is "extremely dangerous" and should raise alarms among neighboring countries and the broader international community.

"China will never allow Japanese right-wing forces to reverse the course of history, will never allow external forces to interfere in China's Taiwan region, and will never allow Japanese militarism to revive," Mao stressed. "China has the resolve and the capability to safeguard its national sovereignty and territorial integrity."