China hits back at Japan's threat claims

The accusations against China in Japan's newly released annual defense white paper were fabrications intended to justify its own military expansion, a Chinese defense ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

Jiang Bin, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in a statement in response to the white paper Defense of Japan 2025, which continued to label China as an "unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge".

The report also falsely accuses China of "intensifying unilateral changes to the status quo by force" and made negative comments regarding the Taiwan question.