Ministry of defence: the United States complained bitterly about distorted China's actions in the South China Sea
Beijing, May 14, according to the Ministry of Defence website, Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun beauty today published 2016-China military and security developments report statement, Yang Yujun stressed that the US report on China's military reform on issues such as comment on China in the East China Sea and South China Sea distorted legal action. The Chinese side expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition.
Yang Yujun said, Beijing time May 14, United States mod published 2016 degrees China military and security development situation report, continues to rendering "China military threat", and "China military not transparent", cliché, in China army reform, and overseas military action, and weapons equipment construction, and defense fee, and space, and network, and Taiwan, problem Shang jump added comments, on China defense policy, and East and sea legal action wanton distorted. The Chinese side expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition.
Yang Yujun said China firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy. Chinese troops to deepen reform, strengthen the construction of weapons and equipment, in order to safeguard national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, protection of national peace and development. Us always suspected that China's strategic intentions, giving China normal development of weapon equipment labeled "anti-access" and "area denial" label. Ask us if you are not holding onto the cold war mentality, is there any reason to worry?
Yang Yujun stressed that China's position on the sea-related issue is consistent and clear. Our reef construction in Nansha, in addition to meeting the necessary territorial defence requirements, more for the civil service, in order to better fulfil their international responsibilities and obligations. Us blamed for China's legitimate actions, but to strengthen advanced military deployment, frequently sending military ships to the South China Sea a show of force. United States say is freedom of navigation, is thought to exercise hegemony; his mouth said that to maintain peace and restraint, do promote the demilitarization, which fully exposed the two sides.
He said that in recent years, China's military increasingly perform Ocean escorts, international peacekeeping, disaster relief and other overseas military missions, effectively fulfilled its international obligations, for the international community to provide more public security products. Concern of the US Army military operations overseas to China, wild guesses and questions. China's strategic intentions, transparent, open and above board, China does not seek hegemony, not the business sphere, China is always a staunch force in safeguarding world peace.
Yang Yujun stressed that us year after year, published the so-called "report on China's military and security developments", seriously undermine the mutual trust, runs counter to the development momentum of Sino-US military relations. We urge the US side to stop is not conducive to Sino-US relations and the mutual trust between the two armed forces, and take concrete actions to promote the healthy and stable development of relations between the two armed forces of the two countries. We will report further assessment and follow-up response to the situation.
(Editors: Biao Guo UN832)
2016-05-14 20:58:39
China News Network