The deployment of a mid-range missile system by the United States in the Philippines poses a grave threat to the national security of countries in the region, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday, in commenting on the U.S. military's deployment of a mid-range missile system to the Philippines "for joint exercises".
According to media reports, the U.S. military sent the Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system to the Philippines "for joint exercises", and some analysts believe that this is an important part of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and is obviously targeted at China.
A spokesman for the Philippine Army said on Thursday that the U.S. military will withdraw the missile system from the Philippines.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing in response, Mao Ning, the spokeswoman, said that the relevant countries are urged to correct their wrong actions.
"China has noticed the relevant reports. As for the deployment of mid-range missile system by the U.S. in the Philippines, China has made clear its solemn position multiple times. The relevant actions seriously turn back the wheel of history, seriously threaten the security of countries in the region, seriously undermine peace and stability in the region, and run counter to the common aspiration of people in the region for peace and development. We urge the relevant countries to heed the call of countries in the region and correct their wrong moves as soon as possible," Mao said.
U.S. military deployment in Philippines poses grave threat to security of countries in region: spokeswoman
U.S. military deployment in Philippines poses grave threat to security of countries in region: spokeswoman
A retired Japanese teacher said that Japan's history education in various schools is misleading and distorting, which has been hijacked by some political forces for beautifying Japan's history of aggression and covering up historical truth.
In recent years, Japanese textbooks have gradually downplayed or even glorified Japan's history of aggression and distorted the historical truth, which has been opposed and resisted by many people in Japanese society.
In August this year, Japan will once again conduct a new round of textbook review, and many Japanese people with a sense of justice are using various social activities to make Japanese society face up to the historical crimes it once committed.
Ooka Fumiyo was born in 1950. She was a primary school teacher who taught social studies. She still remembers auditing a primary school history class, which gave her a feeling that there were serious problems in Japan's history education that urgently needed to be changed.
"On whether the war is right or wrong, the teacher drew a line and let the students discuss. As a result, the vast majority of students believed that the war was wrong. However, the teacher said that Japan was in great economic difficulty at the time. If it had not gone to Northeast China and plundered China, Japan would not have survived and would have been colonized. Through such teaching explanations and discussions, students' opinions gradually changed from 'war is wrong' to 'war is right,'" Fumiyo said.
Fumiyo said that the Japanese government has been constantly putting pressure on the Japanese education industry, and many words and expressions in history textbooks have been tampered with.
"In Japanese textbooks, there are only three or four lines about the Nanjing Massacre. But even if there is only a little bit of it, the teachers can expand on it. But now the textbooks no longer use the term 'Nanjing Massacre' but call it the 'Nanjing Incident' instead," she said.
"Although there is a textbook certification system in name, in reality the certification standards and methods are constantly changed by the Cabinet, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology also intervenes and imposes restrictions on it," Fumiyo said.
Fumiyo, already 74, has been participating in public speeches and other social activities, calling on the Japanese people to pay attention to the textbook issue. She said she would continue the activities against right-wing textbooks.
History education in Japan on aggression misleading, distorting: retired Japanese teacher
