# Zhang Xiaogang

Beijing Urges World to Resist a 'New Japanese Militarism' as Tokyo Signals Security Overhaul

China’s defence ministry has criticised Japan’s moves to revise security doctrines and arms-export rules, calling them a resumption of dangerous nationalism and urging the world to resist a “new Japanese militarism.” Beijing framed its own actions as defensive while warning that Tokyo’s political shift could erode the post‑war order and raise regional tensions.