With Japan, China faces a corrosive security dilemma
Japan's 2026 defense white paper labels China as its greatest strategic challenge for the fourth year, marking an ongoing strategic shift since 2014. This framing aligns with a broader geopolitical calculation involving the US and regional security dynamics.
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