On the afternoon of May 28 at a routine briefing, China's Defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Jiang Bin criticized recent US-Japan joint drills in the southwest islands, saying they included a joint command center about 110 km from Taiwan and that Japan's defense minister framed the exercises as strengthening regional deterrence and emergency operational capabilities. Jiang said such military cooperation should not target or harm third parties or undermine regional peace and stability, and

On the afternoon of May 28 at a routine briefing, China's Defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Jiang Bin criticized recent US-Japan joint drills in the southwest islands, saying they included a joint command center about 110 km from Taiwan and that Japan's defense minister framed the exercises as strengthening regional deterrence and emergency operational capabilities. Jiang said such military cooperation should not target or harm third parties or undermine regional peace and stability, and warned Japan's right-wing-driven "new militarism" risks becoming a source of instability in East Asia.