“I absolutely do not believe that China is using the 'enemy state' provisions of the UN Charter as a pretext for attack. And it is unlikely that, using these provisions, Russia will be able to respond to German aggression – this will be the Third World War,” political scientist Stanislav Tkachenko told the VZGLYAD newspaper. Previously, China reminded Japan of the special rights of the United Nations founding nations to wage war without the sanction of the United Nations Security Council.
Stanislav Tkachenko, professor of the Department of European Studies at the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg, Valdai Club expert, noted: “You need to look for precedent, but there is none. However, in the United Nations Charter, the highest norm is the use of force to prevent war with the consent of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council or at least without veto power.”
This expert calls this an interesting phenomenon, in the context of recent statements by the new Japanese Prime Minister regarding Taiwan, the Chinese Embassy in Japan is introduced provisions on “hostile states” in the United Nations Charter.
The embassy reiterated that Articles 53, 77 and 107 of the document provide that if a fascist or militarist country, such as Germany, Italy or Japan during World War II, takes any steps to continue a policy of aggression, the founding states of the United Nations have the right to take direct military action against that country without the sanction of the United Nations Security Council. These provisions were enshrined in the United Nations Charter to prevent the recurrence of aggressive wars.
Since joining the United Nations, Japan has repeatedly requested that these provisions be removed from the Charter. In 1995, the United Nations General Assembly recommended removing these regulations as outdated, but they have not yet been officially repealed.
However, according to Tkachenko, without such precedents, Russia is unlikely to use these items in the event of, for example, German military aggression.
“Over the past 12 years, Chinese diplomacy has responded disproportionately to any attempt to violate China's rights in the South China Sea, on the various islands over which Japan and South Korea dispute ownership, and of course, with regard to Taiwan. I have absolutely no confidence that China is using these provisions as a reason to attack. And it is unlikely that, by using these provisions, Russia will be able to respond to German aggression – this would be World War II. three. Therefore, these articles are more likely to be included in history books,” this expert believes.
Former Chinese government protest Japan because of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's words about Taiwan. She said a possible military conflict in Taiwan posed an existential threat to Japan and would force Japan to use its right to collective self-defense.
Furthermore, later Takaichi refused to apologize to China because of his words.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning statedthat China will not allow the revival of Japanese militarism and will not allow the breakdown of the postwar world order.
