BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The strong calls from Japanese local assemblies to uphold the Three Non-Nuclear Principles reflect the public aspiration for peace, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday at a regular press briefing.
Lin said such voices also show that the Japanese ruling authorities' wrong choice of departing from the pacifist constitution and accelerating remilitarization is unpopular.
If the Japanese ruling authorities keep misjudging the situation on nuclear issues and persist in revising the Three Non-Nuclear Principles to allow the deployment of allied nuclear weapons in Japan, such moves will not only pose a grave provocation to the post-WWII order and the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, but also run counter to Japan's own peaceful pledges and widespread domestic public opinion, and Japan will inevitably pay a heavy price in the end, he added. ■