Chinese government mouthpiece calls for nuclear attack on Japan

Guancha, a Chinese state-run media outlet, openly called for nuclear strikes on Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told the Japanese legislature earlier this month that Tokyo might defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack.

The threat underscores Beijing’s increasing willingness to publicly wield nuclear threats, this time in the face of Tokyo’s public support for Taipei. Those threats heighten the urgency of Washington clearly reaffirming its support for Japan.

Echoing Chinese military propaganda, Guancha claimed that China has a historic responsibility to prevent the re-emergence of Japan’s World War II-era militarism, noting that 72 nuclear warheads would succeed in destroying Japan’s military and economic capabilities.

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