BEIJING, Feb. 28 -- "The international community should remain highly vigilant and resolutely oppose Japan's reckless moves towards neo-militarism, and join hands in upholding the victorious outcome of World War II and the post-war international order," said Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a press briefing on Saturday.

According to reports, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that China is intensifying its attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force and coercion in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, while also expanding and stepping up military activities in the areas surrounding Japan. This has created the most complex and severe security environment for Japan since World War II. The Japanese government will revise its three security documents this year and accelerate discussions on amending the principles governing the export of defense equipment.

In response to Sanae Takaichi's remarks, Chinese Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Zhang said that China carried out relevant military operations to safeguard national territorial sovereignty and security interests, which is in full compliance with international and domestic laws, and is entirely legitimate and justified.

He further noted that history has not been forgotten—Japan once used the so-called survival-threatening situation as a pretext to launch wars of aggression, committing heinous crimes against its Asian neighbors and the world. Now, the right-wing forces in Japan are resorting to their old tricks, clamoring about the so-called external threats to deceive and mislead the public, create excuses for military expansion, and pursue hidden political agenda.

"We urge Japan not to barrel down the wrong path or reverse the wheel of history. Otherwise, it is doomed to suffer a speedier and greater defeat," stressed the spokesperson in the end.