DefenceTalkChina has accused Japan of heightening regional tensions with “rumors” that Beijing planned to declare a new air defense zone over the South China Sea. Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said right-wing forces in Japan had repeatedly made such allegations with the intention of shifting international attention from the “plot” to change Japan’s pacifist constitution, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-accuses-japan-of-stoking-tensions-with-air-defense-rumors-50234/