China air force chief rips defense white paper, says ‘Sea of Japan is not Japan’s’by Jesse Johnson
Staff Writer
Aug 11, 2017
The head of China’s air force has blasted a Japanese Defense Ministry white paper critical of Chinese military drills in and over waters near Japan, saying “the Sea of Japan is not Japan’s sea.”
At a military event Thursday in the city of Changchun, People’s Liberation Army Air Force chief Ma Xiaotian was quoted by state-run media as saying the exercises will continue.
“The Sea of Japan is not Japan’s sea,” the Global Times quoted Ma as saying in response to a question at the event. “We must carry out drills at sea. China’s air force cannot simply stay on guard on land and not venture out.”
A spate of recent Chinese military drills near Japanese territory prompted scrambles by Air Self-Defense Force fighters to hit a new record in fiscal 2016 ended in March this year, the Defense Ministry’s white paper said.Ma said that while China will continue its military activities, those “in the Sea of Japan are still not that many.”
오류표기 : east sea를 sea of japan으로 표기
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