Ministry of National Defense: Japan's Surveillance and Harassment of China's Legitimate Operations Exposes a Persecution Complex

Source-stated date: 29 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

国防部：日方窥视滋扰中方正当行动暴露受迫害妄想症

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Published29 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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At the October 29 MND press conference, Spokesperson Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang responded to Japan's disclosure that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force scrambled 442 times against Chinese and Russian aircraft between April and September — 285 directed at Chinese aircraft — by dismissing the data release as a deliberate smear and accusing Japan of a '受迫害妄想症' (persecution complex). The framing inverts Japan's transparency move: rather than addressing the scramble increase, Zhang characterizes the disclosure itself as the provocative act, a rhetorical pattern the MND uses consistently when foreign governments publish intercept or scramble statistics. What remains unknown is whether Beijing plans any operational adjustment in response to the documented uptick in JASDF activity.

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10月29日下午，国防部举行例行记者会，国防部新闻发言人张晓刚大校答记者问。记者：据报道，日本防卫省近日发布数据称，今年4月至9月日本航空自卫队应对中俄军机紧急升空442次，较去年同期增加近七成，其中针对中国军机285次，针对俄罗斯军机152次。日防卫大臣声称，中俄联合巡航是针对日本的“武力展示”，请问对此有何评论？张晓刚：这是日方煽炒所谓“周边安全威胁”的惯用手法，煞有介事地发布类似数据，倒打一耙、抹黑中方，恰恰证实了日方频繁窥视滋扰中俄正当行动的危险行径，也暴露了日方自我恐吓的受迫害妄想症。我们奉劝日方收起这套故弄玄虚的把戏，停止制造渲染紧张气氛。

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Source-stated publication date	2026-10-29
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "国防部：日方窥视滋扰中方正当行动暴露受迫害妄想症." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-10-29. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16496856.html.

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