China Has Signaled How It Will Respond To The New Security Initiatives Between Japan And The U.S.

 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hold a joint press conference with Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada as part of the 2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts  

US News and World Report: China Signals Military Response as U.S., Japan Accelerate Defense Plans  

Dramatic escalations in Japan’s own military investments combined with new security cooperation with the U.S. announced this week prompted new warnings from Beijing. 

China on Thursday signaled plans to retaliate militarily to new security initiatives between Japan and the U.S., warning that the allies’ accelerated cooperation will create new threats for themselves in the region. 

Citing a Chinese military analyst, the English-language Global Times newspaper warned that if Japan continued dramatic increases in military spending and new security postures coordinated with the U.S. – particularly with regard to Taiwan – then the Chinese military “is sure to take countermeasures, including holding more exercises and patrols in international waters and airspace around Japan.”  

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WNU Editor: China's response to Japan's increase in defense spending and aligning with the US can be summed up from the two articles below:  

China ‘well prepared’ as US looks to put Japan in actual combat frontlines (Global Times)  

Closer military ties with US after ‘2+2’ talks put Japan in riskier and sacrificial position (Global Times)