Going further down a dangerous path, Japan s defense authority boasted on Wednesday of producing longer-range and hypersonic missiles, and greatly boosting Japan s defense budget for the next year. Chinese experts believe that those signals not only show that Tokyo is speeding up the breakaway from its pacifist constitution and embracing expanding militarism, but that the country is also seeking to enhance its ability to strike.
The upcoming military drills Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise launched by Russia with countries including China and India participating have attracted the usual speculation from Western media outlets, which hype security cooperation between China and Russia especially amid Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. Some have also interpreted the normal military cooperation as a “threat,” hinting on Russia’s support for China on the Taiwan question. Experts said it is the US and the West’s commonly used tactics to portray Russia-China tie-up in a negative light, in order to unite allies and serve their geopolitical purposes.
It is reported that the maximum number of the participating forces that fall under the Treaty in the area of its application on the territory of the Russian Federation does not exceed 6,000 servicemen