Wang Yi is talking utter nonsense—the CCP is the most aggressive and warlike communist aggressor since WWII while Japan has been the most pacifist post—WWII nation in the world with ZERO act of aggression. Records speak louder than CCP propaganda gobbledygook:

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China’s military conflicts and confrontations since 1949

Large-scale wars

1) Korean War (1950–1953)
•Chinese “People’s Volunteer Army” intervened massively against UN/South Korean forces.
•Hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops deployed.
•Fighting included major offensives across the Korean Peninsula.
•Armistice signed 1953 (no peace treaty).

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2) Sino-Indian War (1962)
•Brief but intense border war over disputed Himalayan territories.
•China launched offensives in Ladakh and NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh).
•Ceasefire declared after Chinese advances.

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3) Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
•China invaded northern Vietnam after Vietnam overthrew the China-backed Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
•Short but bloody conventional war.

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Ongoing or repeated border conflicts and armed clashes

4) Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969)
•Armed clashes with the USSR, especially on Zhenbao/Damansky Island.
•Included artillery exchanges and troop mobilizations.

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5) Continued Sino-Vietnam border fighting (1979–1991)
•Sporadic artillery duels, raids, and skirmishes for over a decade after the 1979 war.

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6) China–India border standoffs (1967, 1987, 2017, 2020– )
•Not full wars but deadly confrontations.

Notable incidents:
•Nathu La & Cho La clashes (1967) — artillery duels.
•Sumdorong Chu crisis (1987) — near-war mobilization.
•Doklam standoff (2017) — China vs. India/Bhutan.
•Galwan Valley clash (2020) — deadly hand-to-hand combat.
Galwan Valley

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Maritime confrontations and seizures

7) South China Sea conflicts

Disputes with multiple Southeast Asian states involving naval force, island seizures, and clashes.

Key incidents:
•Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974) — China seized islands from South Vietnam.
Paracel Islands
•Johnson South Reef skirmish (1988) — clash with Vietnam in Spratly Islands.
Spratly Islands
•Ongoing confrontations with:
•Vietnam
•Philippines
•Malaysia
•Taiwan

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Taiwan Strait crises (major confrontation risk)

8) Taiwan Strait Crises
•1954–55
•1958
•1995–96 missile crisis

Included artillery bombardments, naval deployments, and missile tests.

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Military support for other conflicts (“assisted confrontations”)

China has also supported allies with troops, advisors, or weapons:
•Support for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War (air defense troops, engineering units)
•Support for Pakistan in conflicts with India
•Support for Khmer Rouge Cambodia

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Japan’s post-WWII military record

Constitutional constraints

Japan adopted a pacifist constitution after WWII:
•Article 9 renounces war and prohibits maintaining offensive armed forces.
•Japan maintains Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) for defense only.
Japan Self-Defense Forces