Japan to describe China military moves as "challenge" to int'l order

Japan is considering describing Chinese military moves as posing a "challenge" to the international order, as well as to Japan and like-minded countries, in its National Security Strategy to be revised together with two other security-related documents next week, a government source said Wednesday.The planned reference may provoke Beijing, but the wording is softer than "threat," a term some Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers have advocated in a show of their perception of the emerging power.However, the National Defense Strategy, a document subordinate to the NSS, may refer to China's firi…READ FULL ARTICLE