China Strongly Opposes Being Labeled as 'Greatest Strategic Challenge'

Criticism of Japan-US Foreign and Defense Ministers' Joint Statement
"Filled with Cold War Mentality and Unjustified Smearing"
Media and Experts Also Join In

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] The Chinese government expressed opposition to the joint statement of the US-Japan Foreign and Defense Ministers' Meeting (2＋2), which defined China as the "greatest strategic challenge."

On the 13th, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was asked to comment on the joint statement of the US-Japan 2＋2 meeting held in Washington on the 11th (local time) during a regular briefing, and stated, "It is full of Cold War thinking and baseless smearing and attacks on China."

The Chinese government expressed opposition to the joint statement of the US-Japan Foreign and Defense Ministers' Meeting (2+2), which defined China as the "greatest strategic challenge."
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Spokesperson Wang criticized, "The US and Japan claim to protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region in words, but in reality, they organize various closed and exclusive small groups, creating division and confrontation."

Wang added, "We urge the United States and Japan to abandon Cold War thinking and ideological prejudice, stop creating imaginary enemies and bringing new Cold War thinking into the Asia-Pacific region, and not to become the source of backlash that disrupts stability in the Asia-Pacific."

In the 2＋2 joint statement, the US and Japan defined China as "the greatest strategic challenge in the Indo-Pacific and beyond," and targeting concerns over a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, emphasized, "We will oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force anywhere in the world."

Chinese state media also sought to check the strengthening of the US-Japan alliance following this 2＋2 meeting. On the same day, the Global Times, affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper People's Daily, reported on the US-Japan 2＋2 meeting and analyzed that the military alliance between Japan and the United States is becoming closer.

Chinese experts criticized that Japan is not only preparing to intervene in the Taiwan issue but also allowing the US to conduct operations against China from Japan. They also argued that such policies would make Japan more dangerous.

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