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China's new guided missile destroyer "Zhengzhou" took its place in the Chinese navy on Dec. 26 amid a grandiose ceremony. Billed as a "weapon of evil power" by the Chinese military, it will take its place in what the Chinese military are calling the "turbulent" Eastern Sea.
The unveiling of this weapon is in no doubt an anticipated response to the upcoming visit by the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, to the Jingguo Shenshe shrine in Tokyo which is home to several class A war criminals from World War II. The Chinese military has emphasized the guided missile destroyer's symbolic significance in the "disputed" Eastern Sea. All of this follows closely on the heels of China's abrupt establishment of an "air defense identification zone" in the Eastern Sea last month, which was immediately rejected, then ignored by neighboring powers.
Many new weapons from China have been taking the stage as of late. This surge in new weaponry has not gone unnoticed by foreign media. One Singapore newspaper observed that within the last 10 years, China has been "shooting for the east" with 41 intercontinental missiles, 20 large air transporters and various warplanes.
Chinese media reports that the military's new weapons are, in fact, being noticed by the outside world. One such report used the descriptor "exasperatingly sighed" in describing the response of foreign media to China's development of weapons reaching fever pitch.
One Chinese military expert emphasized that this new batch of weapons was meant for China's long term protection, not for specifically targeting Japan. However, it does seem as though China is making these new weapons with neighbors to the east in mind.
