China critical of India welcoming Japan’s scrapping of its lethal arms export policy

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(TibetanReview.net, Apr25’26) – China, which has the world’s second largest defence budget and the largest navy in terms of number of war ships, and which is a key security threat to Japan has condemned the latter for scrapping its ban on lethal weapons export policy and criticised India, victim of its frequent border aggressions, for welcoming Tokyo’s move.

Japan scrapped a ban on lethal weapons export in a dangerous breach of its postwar “pacifist constitution” and security framework, but India welcomed the shift, said China’s party mouthpiece globaltimes.cn Apr 24, citing “observers”.

India on Thursday (Apr 23) welcomed Japan’s decision to s...

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