Update: Int'l community must resolutely thwart any attempt to revive militarism: Chinese spokesperson

Xinhua
19 Nov 2025, 15:46 GMT+10

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that the international community must stay highly vigilant and resolutely thwart any attempt to revive militarism, in response to a related query about the recent blatant remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan.

Analysts have pointed out that among all the prime ministers of Japan, Takaichi was the first to clearly state a "Taiwan contingency" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan. In such an event, Japan may invoke the so-called right to collective self-defense to interfere militarily in the Taiwan Strait.

Spokesperson Mao Ning told a daily press briefing that a review of history shows that launching aggression against other countries under the pretext of so-called "survival-threatening situation" and "self-defense" has always been a convenient tactic of Japanese militarism.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the international community must be highly vigilant and resolutely thwart any attempt to revive militarism, and jointly safeguard the post-war international order and world peace, Mao added.

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