China accused Japan's defense minister on Monday of spreading baseless claims and sowing confusion, urging the international community to stay on high alert to prevent and suppress the rise of Japanese neomilitarism. 週一，中方指責日本防衛大臣發表毫無根據的言論、制造輿論混亂，呼籲國際社會保持高度警惕，防範和遏制日本新軍國主義抬頭。 Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian made the statement at a daily news briefing in Beijing, after Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi recently pledged to keep strengthening the military and rejected Japan being labeled a neomilitarist country at a Singapore forum. 日本防衛大臣小泉進次郎近日在新加坡一場論壇上表態，將持續強化軍力，並否認日本存在新軍國主義傾向。針對該言論，中國外交部發言人林劍在北京例行記者會上作出上述回應。 Lin said Koizumi's remarks were totally groundless given historical facts, legal grounds and figures on the matter, adding that such a stance makes it impossible for Japan to earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the internati...