Posted on 09/20/2021 4:43:14 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Japan has urged European countries to speak out against China’s aggression, warning that the international community must bolster deterrence efforts against Beijing’s military and territorial expansion amid a growing risk of a hot conflict.
In an interview with the Guardian, Japan’s defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, said China had become increasingly powerful politically, economically and militarily and was “attempting to use its power to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas”, which are crucial to global shipping and include waters and islands claimed by several other nations.
Tokyo had “strong concerns in regards to the safety and security of not only our own country and the region but for the global community”, Kishi warned. “China is strengthening its military power both in terms of quantity and quality, and rapidly improving its operational capability,” he said.
The French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian Aukus: France’s ambassador recall is ‘tip of the iceberg’, say analysts Read more Kishi’s comments are a strong signal of the rising international concern over China’s military ambitions in disputed regions like the South and East China Sea, the Indian border, and in particular Taiwan. His remarks were echoed by senior figures on the island, with Taiwan’s former head of navy and deputy defence minister also warning that more deterrence was needed.
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This satire right?
Bkmk
Japan and South Korea are going to have to handle it on their own. Even the Aussies and Kiwis have already signaled their surrender to the mandarins, and general Milley the mook has already expressed a willingness and supplication to aid the chinese in taking over the world.
The best they (Japan) could hope for is a sternly worded memo.
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