{"title":"China's defense ministry: Japan's nuclear ambitions must not be
tolerated; challenges to red lines unacceptable","content":"At a July 30
afternoon regular briefing, China's defense ministry spokesman Senior Colonel
Jiang Bin called remarks by Japan's defense minister provocative and dangerous
and said they risk testing public opinion to prepare for illicit moves. He said
Japan is an internationally recognized nuclear‑threshold state, holding about
44.4 tonnes of separated plutonium and deliberately preserving the capability
for a short‑notice nuclear breakout. Jiang warned that any attempt to abandon
the "Three Non‑Nuclear Principles" would contravene legal obligations under the
Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), severely undermine the
global non‑proliferation regime and threaten the outcome of World War II and the
postwar international order. He said Japan's nuclear ambitions must not be
tolerated, violations of red lines must be firmly deterred, and that opening a
"Pandora's box" would have unforeseeable, grave consequences, urging heightened
vigilance and resolute prevention by the international community and domestic
stakeholders."}
