What are the threats to China's territorial sovereignty and national defense security?

The white paper "Diversified Use of China's Armed Forces" points out that China still faces diverse and complex security threats and challenges. The People's Liberation Army actively plans the use of armed forces in peacetime, effectively responds to various security threats and completes diversified military tasks.

The white paper emphasizes that China has firmly grasped and made good use of the important period of strategic opportunities for development, and its achievements in modernization have attracted worldwide attention. The overall national strength has been greatly improved, people's lives have improved significantly, the overall social situation has remained stable, cross-strait relations have continued to show a momentum of peaceful development, and international competitiveness and influence have been continuously improved.

However, China still faces multiple and complex security threats and challenges. Survival security and development security, traditional security threats and non-traditional security threats are intertwined, and the task of safeguarding national unity, territorial integrity and development interests is arduous and arduous.

1. Some countries deepen the Asia-Pacific military alliance, expand their military presence, and frequently create regional tensions.

2. Some neighboring countries have taken actions to complicate and expand issues concerning China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and Japan has created troubles on the Diaoyu Islands issue.

3. The threat of terrorism, separatism and extremism has risen.

4. The "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and their separatist activities remain the biggest threat to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.

5. Major natural disasters, safety accidents and public health incidents occur frequently, and the factors affecting social harmony and stability increase, and the security risks of the country's overseas interests rise.

6. The form of mechanized warfare has accelerated to the form of information warfare, and major countries have vigorously developed military high technology to seize the commanding heights of international competition strategies such as space and cyberspace.

According to the white paper, in the face of a complex and changeable security environment, the People's Liberation Army has resolutely fulfilled its historical mission in the new century and new stage, expanded its national security strategy and military strategic vision, based on winning local wars under the conditions of informationization, actively planned the use of armed forces in peacetime, effectively responded to various security threats, and completed diversified military tasks.

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