Chinanews, May 14th, a comprehensive report, recently, Japan, the United States, and France land military exercises were officially held in Japan.
In order to cooperate with this joint military exercise, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will also conduct joint training with the United States, France and Australia in the East China Sea.
In this regard, some Japanese media claimed that "this move is intended to contain China."
Is this really the case?
What's China's response?
Keep moving! Japan, US, France and Australia launch joint training
According to reports, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French Army held joint land military exercises in Kyushu, Japan from May 11 to 17.
The main content of the exercise is "landing on outlying islands" and "street fighting."
This joint training is the first official training of the Japanese, US, and French land forces in Japan.
Data map: The Japanese Self-Defense Force conducts military exercises.
On the same schedule, the Maritime Self-Defense Force will also conduct joint training with the US, French and Australian navies in the East China Sea to "deepen the four-nation cooperation."
Hiroshi Yamamura, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, said at a press conference on the 11th that “I hope to improve the tactical skills of island defense and strengthen cooperation with the United States, Australia and France.” In the afternoon, the four-nation forces gathered in Sangura for a launch ceremony.
According to Japan, the Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched seven surface ships, submarines and patrol aircraft, including the helicopter frigate "Ise", the Aegis ship "Ashigara", and the transport ship "Osumi".
In the landing training, the team will be sent to Kirishima by a land-based helicopter set off from the ship.
The report pointed out that the total number of members of the land force was about 220, including about 100 people including the "Amphibious Mobile Regiment" of the Outlying Islands Defense Special Force based in Sangura, and about 60 people from the United States and France.
Is the exercise intended for China? Hua Chunying responded sharply
The "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" article pointed out that France's participation in exercises in Japan would be an "unusual military signal" for China and neighboring countries.
Japan’s Kyodo News Agency stated that “Japan and the United States have strengthened their checks and balances with China around the situation in China’s Diaoyu Islands and Taiwan.” European countries have also stepped up their “vigilance towards China” and are expected to start sending troops to Japan’s surrounding areas.
The report also stated that Australia's participation in the "siege network" formed by Japan, the United States and Europe is intended to curb "China's maritime activities."
Hua Chunying, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Photo by Xue Wei
For this joint training, on May 13th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying responded sharply.
She said that the four countries conducted joint military exercises, and they also said that they were "pressing China."
Can they scare China by doing so?
Hua Chunying pointed out, “These four countries are historically aggressive. They don’t reflect on themselves well, and they don’t make good use of their power to contribute to world and regional peace and development. Instead, they always talk about China. , Looking for an excuse to strengthen its own military operations, what do you intend to do?"
"Whether these countries are engaged in so-called joint military exercises or exercises, frankly speaking, they have no impact on China at all, and it is nothing more than burning more of their oil," said Hua Chunying.
I hope that they will spend more time, energy and resources on caring for the interests of their own people, and make more contributions to their current domestic anti-epidemic cooperation and international anti-epidemic cooperation.