Chinese Foreign Ministry: Intl. community must stay on high alert to Japan's remilitarization

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday said Japan's reckless remilitarization and repeated breaches of its "exclusively defense-oriented" policy seriously threaten regional peace and stability and challenge the post-war international order.

It is reported that the Japanese government is set to approve the updated three key security documents in December.

In response, spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Japan's rapid push to revise the three security documents, boost military expenditure and develop offensive capabilities has laid bare its agenda to speed up remilitarization.

The so-called greatest strategic challenge is nothing but a pretext for Japan to engage in military expansion in the name of defense, Guo said, noting that within Japan, there is a growing concern about the distortion of its orientation as a "peace-loving nation" and the severe impact this has had on the economy and people's livelihoods.

Historically, the Japanese militarists committed horrendous crimes and inflicted immense suffering on people in the Asia Pacific and beyond, he said. "The lessons are still fresh and must not be forgotten."

The spokesperson said the international community must stay on high alert and jointly push back this dangerous tendency.