The two leaders reaffirmed the commitment to building a constructive and stable China-Japan relationship fit for the new era, stressing the consensus that the two countries should be ‘partners, not threats’ must be translated into concrete policy and action.
Japan’s willful action is extremely selfish and irresponsible. By dumping the nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean, Japan is spreading the risks to the rest of the world and jeopardizing future generations of humanity.
It is indeed very unfortunate that Western politicians and their media, who always boast about democracy and human rights, are surprisingly silent today about Japan’s ‘irresponsible behavior’.
The other six members of the G7 club should first discuss how the U.S. has been coercing them so far.
The U.S.-Japan-ROK cooperation mechanism, as these developments show, is now on a dangerous path. The closer their cooperation becomes, the more dangerous it is going to be for Northeast Asia.
Serving as a conduit for the United States to undertake its controversial policy of decoupling will harm Japan’s interests in the region and beyond.
China’s current ethnic policy works well, not only does it protect ethnic diversity, but also safeguard national unity.
Japan is one of the CPTPP’s leading partners and plays an influential role in the partnership’s decision making. We hope that China and Japan will strengthen their cooperation on CPTPP-related matters as this can also help expand the two countries’ cooperation.
Washington must avoid exacerbating this issue by unwisely leaning to the Japanese side and let Japan and China find their way over time to a peaceful resolution of this dispute.
In the future, hi-tech exchanges between China and Japan will be highly politicized, and economic exchanges may be limited to general products.
Given the present increased tensions in the region, Washington must take a strictly impartial position on the Diaoyu Islands dispute so that China and Japan over time may resolve their differences according to international law and in a peaceful manner through diplomacy.
Clearly, it is time for rational thought in Washington before tensions in the Pacific and East Asia get out of hand.
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