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Japan’s militarism, and its nuclear stockpile, blasted by China

China blasts Japan’s pro-military tendencies, nuclear stockpile CCTV.com 02-27-2014 BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) –– China on Wednesday strongly denounced the Japanese government’s pro-military tendencies and controversial view on history, and threw doubts on the country’s nuclear material stockpile.

PRO-MILITARY WORDS, HISTORY VIEW

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week, Etsuro Honda, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic aide who is also a key architect of Abe Economics, said Japan needed a strong economy so it could build a more powerful military and stand up to China.

When asked to comment on the remarks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular press briefing on Wednesday, “Those words show that Abe Economics is in fact aimed at serving Japan’s military expansion, which mirrors the country’s pre-war militarism……

Japan, led by its right-wing forces, is on a dangerous direction and is becoming a troublemaker which would harm regional peace and stability, Hua said.

Hua also commented a recent report from the United States Congressional Research Service (CRS), which expressed worry over Abe’s view on history…….

DOUBTS ON NUKE STOCKPILE

While commenting on reports that the Japanese government is to hand over its plutonium stockpile to the United States, Hua said China supports the U.S. to demand Japan return those nuclear materials.

She urged Japan to return weapons-grade nuclear materials at an early date.

Since the nuclear security summit in Washington in 2010, the U.S. government has been pressing Japan to return 331 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium given to the country during the Cold War…….The U.S. plans to reach an agreement with Japan before the nuclear security summit in the Netherlands in March…….http://english.cntv.cn/20140227/100003.shtml

February 28, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized