Foreign Ministry: Absolutely No Revival of Japanese Militarism
外交部：绝不允许日本军国主义死灰复燃
On September 18, the 95th anniversary of the Mukden Incident, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated during a regular press conference that Japan's security policies under Prime Minister Takashi Sanae show a dangerous tendency of 'returning to pre-war' patterns. Guo accused Japanese right-wing forces of using AI to systematically filter war archives and Tokyo Trial records to whitewash war crimes, and called on Japan to reflect on its history of aggression and take concrete action to regain trust from Asian neighbors.
The view from inside
The article frames the anniversary as a direct warning against what it calls Japanese militarism's 'resurgence' (死灰复燃, literally 'dead ashes rekindling').
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