China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday said it had complained to Japan about Tokyo’s newly released defense white paper, accusing it of playing up a Chinese threat and making unwarranted comments about Taiwan.
Background
The annual Japanese report, released on Tuesday, claims that China has intensified its military activities around Taiwan, the island Beijing claims as its own territory despite Taipei’s rejection.
China’s foreign ministry said Tokyo has no right to comment on the Taiwan issue as it is purely China’s internal affair. The ministry added that China’s relevant military activities are legitimate and reasonable.
Ties between Japan and China sank to their worst level in years after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in November that Japan could deploy its Self-Defence Forces if any Chinese attack on Taiwan also threatened Japan’s survival, with Beijing demanding that she retract what it called an egregious remark.
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