JAPAN SOUNDS ALARM OVER CHINA’S EXPANDING PACIFIC FOOTPRINT, VOWS DEFENCE BOOST

Japan’s latest defence white paper warns of China’s growing ability to sustain military operations farther into the western Pacific Ocean, while pledging to bolster its own monitoring systems, strike capabilities and… Released on Tuesday, the 610-page document cautions that Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it steadily improves its capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace.

News - South China Morning Post reports that japan’s latest defence white paper warns of China’s growing ability to sustain military operations farther into the western Pacific Ocean, while pledging to bolster its own monitoring systems, strike capabilities and…

The report adds: Released on Tuesday, the 610-page document cautions that Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it steadily improves its capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace.

In Beijing, defence ministry spokesman Chen Xi said the white paper...

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