December 6, 2022

China has lodged solemn representations with the United States after the Pentagon recently released "2022 China Military Power" report which "hyped up the so-called China military threats," Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

The report distorted China's national defense policy and military strategy, made groundless speculation about China's military development, and grossly interfered in China on the Taiwan question, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense.

Tan said China is firmly committed to the path of peaceful development, upholds a national defense policy that is defensive in nature, and is always a builder of world peace, contributor to global development and defender of the international order.

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