Overseas experts, media rap Japan’s absurd fanfare for “China threat”

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) — Scholars and news media in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and other countries criticized the claim of “China threat” and preaching for the necessity of security bills in Japan’s defence white paper for 2015 approved by the Japanese cabinet on Tuesday.

They noted the revival of militarist sentiments in Japan is actually a real threat to the international community.

Bambang Suryono, president of the Jakarta-based Nanyang ASEAN Foundation, said that Japan’s preaching for “China threat” is totally a move of “the wicked to complain,” and that the rise of the militarist forces inside Japan is a real threat to the international community.

Suryono said that the white paper’s playing up of China’s construction activities on the Nansha islands and reefs is also groundless. China’s construction activities on its own islands are to better fulfill its responsibilities and commitments such as maritime searches and rescues, which will be beneficial to rescue operations in the region, said Suryono.

Instead, the facts that Japan and the Philippines stage military maneuvers in the South China Sea, and the United States and Japan jointly intervene in the South China Sea affairs are the top factors that affect the peace in the South China Sea, said Suryono