"For example, were someone to be threatening you with armed force outside your front door, would you not get ready even a slingshot?" the ministry statement said.

Japanese Defense Minister's public denial of the fact was aimed at whitewashing Japan's atrocities and disturbing the post-war order, said Chinese Defense Ministry.

A spokesman for China's Ministry of national Defense says the website is: "launched on a trial basis and will let the outside world have a better perception of China's national defence policy".