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Japan Defense Paper Warns of China’s Progress Towards ‘World-Class Military’

May 25, 2023
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Japan has raised the alarm over China’s rapid military buildup in its draft defense paper, suggesting the Chinese regime may be preparing to move up its plan to build a “world-class military” by the mid-21st century. The draft paper referred to Beijing as Japan’s “greatest strategic challenge” and warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

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Japanese Defense Paper Warns Over Taiwan Security for First Time

July 15, 2021
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For the first time, Japan has explicitly warned over Taiwan’s security in its annual defense white paper on July 12. The direct wording on the Taiwan issue in the 2021 defense paper is very different from previous years, which carefully avoided any words that could provoke the Chinese communist regime. The white paper states that…

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