China urges vigilance against Japan's remilitarization, revival of "war machine"

A Chinese defense ministry spokesman on Friday urged the international community to remain on high alert over Japan's accelerating remilitarization, warning that Tokyo is attempting to revive its wartime military-industrial complex.

Chen Xi, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in response to a query about reports that the Japanese government plans to list a "virtuous cycle between defense and the economy" as one of the key pillars in a planned revision of the country's three national security documents.

"This is a smokescreen for the Japanese administration's strategy of so-called 'strengthening the nation through the defense industry' to accelerate remilitarization. Before World War II, Japan's military-industrial complex was deeply embedded in its economy, holding national decision-making hostage, underpinning its military expansion, and becoming a key driver of its foreign aggression. Today, Japanese right-wing forces are shedding their 'exclusively defense-oriented' pretense, reactivating the military-industrial complex, and accelerating the 'war-readiness' of the Japanese society and the militarization of its economy, posing systemic risks to the security and well-being of the Japanese people as well as global peace and stability. The international community must remain highly vigilant, firmly prevent Japan from restarting its 'war machine' and returning to a wrong path of expansionism, and jointly safeguard the postwar international order," said Chen.

China urges vigilance against Japan's remilitarization, revival of "war machine"

China's hydrogen energy industry has grown rapidly this year, with investment in the sector doubling in the first three quarters, according to the National Energy Administration on Thursday.

Data showed that in the first three quarters, total investment in China's hydrogen energy industry reached 28.7 billion yuan (about 4.29 billion U.S. dollars), up 108 percent year on year, a doubling.

In the same period, more than 10 new renewable hydrogen production projects broke ground, adding 100,000 tons of newly commissioned capacity.

To date, China's completed and operational renewable hydrogen production projects have a cumulative annual capacity of more than 350,000 tons, accounting for over 50 percent of global capacity, while projects under construction have an annual capacity of more than 1.2 million tons, both at a globally leading level.

By region, North China has the highest completed capacity which stands at 45 percent of the national total, followed by Northeast China at 36 percent and Northwest China at 15 percent. Among China's renewable hydrogen production projects, the scale of individual projects is rising rapidly, with projects of 10,000 tons or more accounting for nearly half.

China's hydrogen energy investment doubles in first three quarters