中国「軍拡の言い訳」　敵基地攻撃能力を警戒―安保３文書改定

　【北京時事】中国は、日本の安全保障関連３文書の改定について「中国の脅威を軍拡の言い訳にしている」と強く反発している。日本の防衛力増強に警戒心を強めており、日本周辺での軍事活動をこれまで以上に積極的に行っていく可能性がある。
　隣国の日本が「反撃能力」（敵基地攻撃能力）を保有し、中国軍の射程圏外から攻撃できるスタンド・オフ・ミサイルの配備を進めれば、中国は間違いなく、有事の際に不都合が生じる。台湾統一をにらんだ動きにも、一定の影響が出そうだ。
　中国共産党機関紙・人民日報系の環球時報（電子版）は社説で、日本の反撃能力に関して「自衛隊の対外攻撃能力を高める」と警戒をあらわにした。「中国を脅威と見なせば（そうでないのに）本当に脅威となってしまう」と警告。その上で「中国の総合的な実力は今や日本を超えている」と自信も示してみせた。
　中国外務省の汪文斌副報道局長は「訳もなく中国の顔に泥を塗ることに断固反対する」と表明。「中国の脅威を誇張して自らの軍拡の言い訳とするたくらみは思い通りにならない」と反発した。（2022/12/16-17:34）

China is displeased at Japan's revision of its three key defense- and security-related documents, with pundits pointing to the possibility of the East Asian superpower further ramping up its military activities in areas around the neighboring country.
   If Japan possesses counterstrike capabilities and promotes the deployment of standoff missiles that can strike from outside of the range of China, this would certainly put Beijing at a disadvantage in the event of an emergency, some analysts said, noting that some impact on moves related to China's ambition of integrating Taiwan could also be possible.
   Japan's possession of counterstrike capabilities would allow the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to "develop" its "external attack capability," the Global Times, affiliated with the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, has said in an editorial.
   "If you treat China as a 'threat,' you actually become a 'threat' to China, and in turn, China will really become a 'threat' to you," it said, adding, "Japan is creating a crazy vicious circle."
   Japan "deviates from its commitment to China-Japan relations and the common understandings between the two countries, and groundlessly discredits China," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has said. "Hyping up the 'China threat' to find an excuse for its military buildup is doomed to fail."