2015年CRI 中国称日本国防报告激发紧张关系

 

The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday approved the defense¹ white paper for 2015, in which it launched multiple accusations² against China.

The paper was approved after a previous draft was rejected for not taking a strong enough line on China.

Jiang Feng, chief editor of the Tokyo-based Japan New-Generation Overseas Chinese Newspaper, explains the differences.

"The Japanese government specifically mentioned that it had repeatedly protested against China's activities in the East China Sea and asked China to stop such activities. In this year's defense white paper, Japan is no longer stating the facts concerning the East China Sea issue, it's actually issuing a warning to China."

The white paper says Japan faces an increasingly severe security environment, highlighting China's supposed military build-up, and activities by China in the East China Sea and South China Sea.

It also criticizes China's increased military spending, saying it is now 41 times higher than what it was in fiscal³ 1989.

In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry⁴ spokesperson Lu Kang has criticized Japan for ignoring facts and making irresponsible remarks on China's normal military growth and maritime⁵ activities.

He says the white paper deliberately⁶ plays up the "China threat" and stirs up tensions.

On China's maritime activities, Lu Kang stresses that they are fully⁷ within China's sovereignty and beyond reproach.

He has also accused Japan of deliberately intervening in the South China Sea issue and playing up regional tensions.

Meanwhile, China's Defense Ministry has also expressed strong dissatisfaction over Japan's new defense report.

The Ministry stresses that modernizing⁸ national defense and the country's armed forces is China's legitimate⁹ right as a sovereign state.

Jiang Feng says he believes playing up the China military threat will not deter¹⁰ the development of China's armed forces.

"Japan's annual defense white paper tends to portray¹¹ the changes in China's military, which actually reflect the achievements in China's military development, achievements that Japan find it hard to accept. However, China will surely not abandon its efforts to build up the military simply because it's hard for Japan to accept."

In the annual defense white paper, Japan has also renewed its claim to a pair of disputed islets that are called as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

The South Korean Foreign Ministry has denounced the paper and summoned a Japanese diplomat¹² stationed in Seoul to file a protest.

Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il is urging Japan to respect history.

"The Japanese government adding an absurd assertion again in its 2015 Defense White Paper released today is an act denying past Japanese imperialism¹³ invading the Korean Peninsula. Such action is no better than notification to the international community that Japan is still not correctly understanding its own history, even though we have reached the 70th anniversary of the ceasefire."

Analysts¹⁴ believe that by playing up perceived threats, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration provides excuses for formulating¹⁵ a more aggressive new national defense policy, by remolding its Self-Defense Forces and for amending¹⁶ its post-war pacifist constitution.

For CRI, I'm Qi Zhi.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

3 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

6 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 modernizing   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的现在分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
• The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。

9 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

10 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

11 portray   

v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)

参考例句：

• It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
• Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？

12 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

13 imperialism   

n.帝国主义，帝国主义政策

参考例句：

• They held the imperialism in contempt.他们鄙视帝国主义。
• Imperialism has not been able to subjugate China.帝国主义不能征服中国。

14 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

15 formulating   

v.构想出( formulate的现在分词 )；规划；确切地阐述；用公式表示

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese government is formulating nationwide regulations on the control of such chemicals. 目前，中国政府正在制定全国性的易制毒化学品管理条例。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• Because of this, the U.S. has taken further steps in formulating the \"Magellan\" programme. 为此，美国又进一步制定了“麦哲伦”计划。 来自百科语句

16 amending   

改良，修改，修订( amend的现在分词 )； 改良，修改，修订( amend的第三人称单数 )( amends的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Amending acts in 1933,1934, and 1935 attempted to help honest debtors rehabilitate themselves. 一九三三年，一九三四年和一九三五年通过的修正案是为了帮助诚实的债务人恢复自己的地位。
• Two ways were used about the error-amending of contour curve. 采用两种方法对凸轮轮廓曲线进行了修正。