China is using accusations that Japan seeks to “revive militarism” to mask its own military aggression, which is gravely threatening Indo-Pacific security, experts warn.
Beijing is ramping up efforts to alter the current geopolitical landscape in the region, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Feb. 20.
“China is intensifying its attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, while also expanding and stepping up its military activities in the areas surrounding our country,” Takaichi told the Diet, Japan’s parliament.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized Japan again at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 14 over Takaichi’s earlier position on Taiwan, claiming that Tokyo was seeking to “revive militarism.”…
China Is the Real Militarist in Indo-Pacific: Analysts
