Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi reminds the world to be careful about China’s use of agents and information warfare to invade Taiwan.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi warned the international community yesterday (22) that China may follow the old trick of Russia to annex Crimea and invade Taiwan without people realizing it.
The Nikkei Asian Review reported that Nobuo Kishi participated in a video seminar jointly organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Nikkei on the 22nd, taking the annexation of Crimea by Russia as an example, pointing out the aggression The war may start without the use of an army.
Before Russia seized Crimea in 2014, it used information warfare and cyber warfare tactics. This combination of disinformation, economic manipulation, proxies and rebellion, and diplomatic pressure, and other mixed warfare tactics, may also allow China to invade Taiwan without sending troops.
Faced with the threat from China, Nobuo Kishi hopes to strengthen cooperation with the United States in the Internet, space, and electromagnetic spectrum.
Participants also agreed that Taiwan, Japan, and neighboring countries need to strengthen their deterrence against China.
Shinichi Kitaoka, an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo, believes that Japan should, like NATO countries, increase its defense budget to 2% of GDP in order to strengthen its deterrence and consolidate security.
The retired US Navy Admiral James Stavridis believes that the US and its allies need to ensure that Taiwan has a defensive weapon system sufficient to deter China.
.
