August 3, 2016

Chinese Defense Ministry on Tuesday expressed strong opposition to Japan's 2016 defense white paper, calling the annual document hostile to the Chinese military and deceptive to the international community.

'The white paper issued on August 2, full of hackneyed expressions, distorts China's justified and reasonable defense work, heightening issues in the South China Sea and the East China Sea,' said Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian in a statement.

'Filled with hostility to the Chinese military, it stirs up trouble between China and its neighbors, and attempts to deceive the international community, ' Wu said.

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