US military report:
China voices strong dissatisfaction
CHINA: China on Thursday voiced its strong dissatisfaction
over the new report by the US Defense Department on China's military
strength.
Hu Changming, spokesman of China's Defense Ministry, said the report
severely distorted facts, censured China's legitimate and normal
national defence development,and disseminated the mainland's "so-called
military threat" to Taiwan.
"China is strongly dissatisfied with it and resolutely opposes it,"
said Hu. "China unswervingly sticks to a path of peaceful development
and pursues a national defense policy which is purely defensive in
nature."
Hu noted that China is not in an arms race of any form and
constitutes no threat to other countries.
Hu said the report, which continued the dissemination of the "Chinese
military threat" theory and severely distorted facts, was absolutely
groundless.
Hu said Sino-U.S. military ties have not yet completely moved out the
difficult period as many obstructions still await to be got over.
"The report, issued under such circumstance, could only bring
negative influence to the resumption and development of bilateral
military ties."
"We urge the United States to stop issuing such a report on China's
military strength and immediately take effective measures to dispel the
baneful influence caused by the report so that bilateral military ties
will incur no further damages," Hu added.
The Pentagon on Wednesday released its annual report about the
Chinese military repeating its complaint about "limited transparency."
It questioned the "purposes and objectives" of the People's Liberation
Army (PLA).
BEIJING, Friday, Xinhua |