Japan has taken another dangerous step
I have to say that Japan has taken another dangerous step.
The "danger" I am talking about here is twofold.
For China, there must be danger.
After all, what is Japan's intention to deploy offensive weapons on the islands closest to China, especially at the most sensitive moment in Sino-Japanese relations?
Don't say it's not against China, don't say it's cooling the situation. I believe that even the stupidest Japanese will not believe it.
But for Japan, it is even more dangerous.
After all, with the current comparison of military power between China and Japan, not to mention Japan's deployment of these offensive weapons, even if all Japan's offensive weapons are deployed there, can it shake China?
Isn't this obviously hostile move more dangerous for Japan?
The geopolitical game is never a simple balance of power, but a contest of strategic wisdom.
Therefore, I saw that at the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 24, there was such a dialogue.
Reuters reporter asked: Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi talked about Japan's plan to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni Island last weekend, saying that the deployment plan is aimed at ensuring the security of the island and reducing the possibility of an armed attack on Japan, which will not exacerbate regional tensions. What is the spokesperson's comment?
Yonaguni Island is mentioned here.
Where is this island?
Looking at the map, Yonaguni Island is the closest island to Taiwan, China, only about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan.
In other words, right at the gate of China, Japan began to deploy offensive weapons.
Therefore, in response to this question, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning immediately replied:
Japan has deployed offensive weapons in the southwestern islands adjacent to Taiwan, deliberately creating regional tensions and provoking military confrontation. In connection with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks related to Taiwan, this trend is extremely dangerous and requires great vigilance from neighboring countries and the international community.
Please note the key words:
offensive weapons,
Deliberately manufactured,
Regional tensions,
provoking military confrontation,
Wrong remarks,
extremely dangerous,
High vigilance.
A series of words with strong emotional overtones.
Such special treatment, looking around the world, is Japan.
Mao Ning continued:
The Potsdam Proclamation clearly stipulates that Japan "prohibits rearmament", and Japan's "peace constitution" also establishes the principle of "exclusive defense". However, what is alarming is that in recent years, Japan has drastically adjusted its security policy, increased its defense budget year by year, relaxed restrictions on arms exports, sought to develop offensive weapons, and sought to abandon the "three principles of non-nuclear weapons". Japan's right-wing forces are trying their best to break through the shackles of the "peace constitution" and go further and further on the road of exhausting military forces, leading Japan and the region to disaster.
Or pay attention to the key words:
It is alarming.
Strive to break through,
Exhausting the military and corrupting the military,
Leads to disaster......
Then, there are "three must not be allowed"!
Mao Ning said:
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's liberation. China will never allow Japan's right-wing forces to reverse history, will not allow external forces to involve Taiwan, and will never allow Japanese militarism to revive. China has the determination and ability to defend national territorial sovereignty.
China's meaning should also be very clear.
1. Japan deployed offensive weapons at this location, which was not good, that is, "deliberately creating regional tension and provoking military confrontation."
2. Combined with Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks related to Taiwan, that is, implying military intervention in the Taiwan Strait, Japan's current movements are extremely dangerous!
3. Japan is breaking through the restrictions of the "peace constitution", militarism is on the rise, and the world must be vigilant.
4. China's "three will never allow", and today's China is not afraid of Japan's hostile behavior.
The tragedy of international relations often begins with one party's misjudgment of the determination and bottom line of the other.
I saw that the German media analyzed that since 2010, Japan has been expanding its military and began to garrison troops on outlying islands near China that do not have self-defense forces, such as Miyako Island, Ishigaki Island, Yonaguni Island and other places......
What does Japan intend to do?
I saw that on November 24, the leaders of China and the United States had another phone call, and unlike the last meeting with South Korea, this time they clearly talked about the Taiwan issue.
Xinhua News Agency's report is not long, but there are two paragraphs related to it.
The first paragraph is: The Chinese leader clarified China's principled position on the Taiwan issue and emphasized that Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the post-war international order. China and the United States have fought side by side against fascism and militarism, and now we should work together to safeguard the victories of World War II
In another paragraph, Trump said that China played an important role in the victory of World War II, and the United States understands the importance of the Taiwan issue to China
No matter what the outside world thinks of Trump, he is still relatively sober on the history and Taiwan issues.
Japan, Japan, what some of your politicians are doing is to undermine the victory in World War II and the post-war international order.
But Japan is still quibbling.
At a press conference on November 24, a reporter asked: The Japanese side stated that China's so-called change of Japan's position on the Taiwan issue is unfounded. The Japanese side has repeatedly explained to China the essence of Takaichi's remarks and Japan's consistent position, and is committed to dialogue with China.
Mao Ning immediately threw out a series of rhetorical questions:
We have noticed that Japan has recently mentioned its "consistent position" on the Taiwan issue, but what exactly is the specific content of Japan's so-called "consistent position"? Can Japan fully and publicly express this "consistent position"? If the Japanese side only repeatedly reiterates the concept that its position has not changed, but is vague about the specific content and continues to cross the line in action, then this reaffirmation is an empty phrase and is blurring and hollowing out the one-China position.
Truth does not need to be dodged, and justice does not need to be ambiguous. Any ambiguity on issues related to core interests is playing with fire.
What do you think in the end?
Let's take three points.
First, the situation continues to deteriorate.
This is particularly distressing, as Sino-Japanese relations are still deteriorating at a rate visible to the naked eye due to the actions of Japanese politicians.
Also at the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 24th, the outside world confirmed that the China-Japan-South Korea leaders' meeting in January next year is likely impossible.
The Japanese media said that China rejected Japan's proposal for this meeting.
Mao Ning's reply is: Recently, Japanese leaders have blatantly made erroneous remarks on Taiwan-related issues, which has damaged the foundation and atmosphere of China-Japan-ROK cooperation, resulting in the current conditions for holding a China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting.
Second, China has no choice but to fight back resolutely.
China has no way to retreat.
It must be seen that the Taiwan issue is related to China's core interests, it is a red line in the red line, and Gao Shi's provocative remarks have broken through China's red line and bottom line.
Japan's current movements are indeed worthy of high vigilance.
In Wang Yi's words, China must resolutely fight back, which is not only to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also to defend the post-war gains of blood and life, and to safeguard international justice and human conscience.
Third, Japan really goes all the way to the dark.
Whoever started the trouble should end it.
For Gao Shi, the wrong remarks have been published, and he cannot pass the test by vagueness. Instead of arguing like a reed, it is better to reflect seriously.
I saw that some people of insight in Japan, such as former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Yoshihiko Noda, Shigeru Ishiba, etc., have stood up and asked Sanae Takaichi to be cautious in her words and deeds and take measures to calm the current situation.
Shigeru Ishiba belongs to Takaichi's comrades in the Liberal Democratic Party, but he clearly warned that successive Japanese governments have been careful on sensitive issues between China and Japan, and diplomacy is by no means "addictive for a while" nor "as long as the approval rating rises."
Yukio Hatoyama belongs to the opposition party, but I saw that he just tweeted and reflected that China's criticism of Takaichi is understandable, but "why is the Japanese media not criticizing enough"?
He quoted a Japanese professor as saying that "[the indulgence] of the media dragged Japan into the war".
The conclusion is: "We must not repeat the mistakes of the past!" ”
Japan has a painful lesson, and it has left painful memories for neighboring countries, and the alarm bell must ring for a long time!
If you are obsessed and insist on going your own way, making mistakes again and again, the consequences will undoubtedly be serious, and you really cannot rule out shaking the mountains.
When you test on the edge of the abyss of history, the abyss will also look back. All reincarnations begin with the forgetting of lessons!