Japan will "be destined to pay a heavy price" if it dares to cross the red line of the Taiwan question, a Chinese defense spokesman said on Thursday.

一位中国国防部发言人周四表示，日本若胆敢跨越台湾问题的红线，“注定将付出沉重代价”。

Jiang Bin, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a regular news conference in Beijing in response to Japan's claim that a plan to station medium-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni Island, about 110 kilometers east of Taiwan, was making steady progress.
国防部发言人姜斌在北京举行的例行记者会上作出上述表态，这是针对日本声称其在与台湾相距约110公里的与那国岛部署中程地对空导弹的计划“稳步推进”所作出的回应。

In addition, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Sunday that the deployment will "lower the chance of an armed attack", while claiming it would not heighten regional tensions, Bloomberg reported.
此外，据彭博社报道，日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎周日声称，这一部署将“降低武装攻击的可能性”，并称不会加剧地区紧张局势。

At the briefing, Jiang stressed that the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair.
在记者会上，姜斌强调，台湾问题纯属中国内政。

"How to solve the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese, and has nothing to do with Japan," he said.
他说：“台湾问题怎么解决是中国人的事，与日本毫无关系。”

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration to China, Jiang added.
姜斌补充说，今年是台湾光复祖国80周年。

"Instead of repenting its war crimes of invading and colonizing Taiwan, Japan is taking an extremely wrong approach by suggesting military intervention in a so-called Taiwan contingency," he said.
他说：“日本非但不反思其侵略并殖民台湾的战争罪行，反而鼓吹在所谓‘台海有事’时进行军事介入，这是极其错误的行径。”

This dangerous approach will uproot the post-World War II international order and lead Japan to repeat the mistakes of its militarist past, he emphasized.
他强调，这种危险行为将撼动二战后国际秩序，使日本重蹈军国主义覆辙。

"The People's Liberation Army has strong capabilities and reliable means to defeat any aggressors," Jiang said, warning that should Japan dare to cross the red line and invite trouble upon itself, it is destined to pay a heavy price.
姜斌表示，中国人民解放军有强大的能力和可靠的手段击败任何来犯之敌。他警告说，日本若胆敢越线挑衅，自招祸端，必将付出沉重代价。

Jiang also criticized Japan's recent actions in the military and security fields, urging the country to fully repent its war crimes and immediately abandon attempts at constitutional revision and military expansion.
姜斌还批评了日本近期在军事安全领域的举动，敦促其深刻反省战争罪行，立即停止推动修宪和扩大军备。

"Any attempt to repeat the evil path of aggression and expansion and undermine the post-World War II international order will not succeed," he said.
他说：“任何试图重走侵略扩张的邪路、破坏二战后国际秩序的企图都不会得逞。”

According to Kyodo News, Japan recently exported domestically produced Patriot surface-to-air missile interceptors to the United States. It was believed to be the first export of lethal weapons since Japan relaxed controls on its arms shipments.
据共同社报道，日本近日向美国出口了国产“爱国者”地对空拦截导弹，被认为是日本放宽武器出口限制以来的首次致命性武器出口。

Separately, The Asahi Shimbun reported that Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun discussions on revising the National Security Strategy and two other defense documents.
另据《朝日新闻》报道，日本执政党自民党已着手讨论修订《国家安全保障战略》等两份防务文件。

The review could cover the Three Non-Nuclear Principles — not possessing, not producing and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons — as well as a further increase in defense spending.
此次审查可能涉及“无核三原则”——不拥有、不制造、不引进核武器——以及进一步增加防卫开支。

The spokesman said it remains an "ironclad fact" that Japan was a defeated country in World War II, noting that international treaties and instruments, including the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, clearly banned Japan from rearmament.
发言人表示，日本在二战中战败是“铁一般的事实”，《开罗宣言》《波茨坦公告》和《日本投降书》等国际法律文件明确禁止日本再武装。

"The international community must be on high alert against Japan's revisionist attempts to break away from the restraints of its pacifist Constitution in recent years," Jiang said.
姜斌指出：“国际社会必须高度警惕日本近年来试图摆脱和平宪法束缚的修正主义企图。”

Japan has been seeking to do so by brazenly expanding its military build-up, drastically increasing its defense budget, expediting revisions of its security policies, relaxing weapons export restrictions and attempting to revoke the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, he added.
他补充说，日本通过大肆扩军、急剧增加防卫预算、加快修订安全政策、放松武器出口限制以及试图取消“无核三原则”等方式，企图突破宪法限制。

"Japan is even attempting to intervene militarily on the Taiwan question. These moves pose serious threats to regional peace and stability," he warned.
他警告说：“日本甚至妄图在台湾问题上进行军事干预。这些举动对地区和平稳定构成严重威胁。”

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, he said.
他说，今年也是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年。

"People around the world, especially those from China and other victimized countries in Asia, will never forget the catastrophe brought by Japanese fascists," Jiang said. "The specter of Japanese militarism must never be allowed to haunt the world again."
姜斌表示：“全世界人民，尤其是中国和亚洲其他受害国人民，永远不会忘记日本法西斯带来的浩劫。”“日本军国主义的阴影绝不能再次笼罩世界。”

cross the red line
跨越红线

medium-range surface-to-air missiles
中程地对空导弹

invite trouble upon itself
自招祸端/自找麻烦

military expansion
军备扩张

ironclad fact
铁一般的事实