Japan's industry is very anxious! The situation is more serious than expected! Japan has clearly expressed its desire to visit China, but China has not made a statement yet! On December 13, according to Japanese media reports, after the high-ranking official Akiba Hayana made her remarks on "Taiwan emergency" in the National Diet, Sino-Japanese relations quickly cooled down, casting a shadow over the previously good economic exchanges between China and Japan. The president of the Federation of Economic Associations, known as Japan's "economic prime minister," and other economic delegations were scheduled to visit Beijing in January next year, but China has not clearly indicated whether it will accept the visit.
Japanese media stated that since 1975, visiting groups have almost annually visited China with the aim of maintaining stable bilateral economic relations, and this is the 48th visit. Although there are political differences between Japan and China, economic exchanges have always been active under the "cold politics, hot economy" situation. However, the atmosphere this time has changed significantly. Japanese media said that there may be cracks in Sino-Japanese economic exchanges, and the Japanese domestic community is closely watching this visit, as it is seen as a turning point for future developments.
Japan has clearly stated that it will not cancel the visit. At the same time, Japan's industry is worried about China's export restrictions. Obviously, from the Japanese media's report, we can see very clearly that Akiba Hayana refuses to retract her malicious remarks, and the situation is far more serious than imagined. Now, Japan's industry is urgently hoping to visit China, because Japan's industry has clearly realized that with the instability of Sino-Japanese political relations, Sino-Japanese economic relations are also shaking.
Japan's industry is determined to visit China at this time, and the reasons are probably two. First, this obviously shows that Japan's industry hopes to stabilize Sino-Japanese economic relations. Second, in a way, Japan's industry also wants to gauge our attitude, in order to determine whether Sino-Japanese economic relations will further deteriorate. Obviously, the current Sino-Japanese relationship is an unprecedented situation since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, because Sino-Japanese relations may shift from "cold politics, hot economy" to "cold politics and cold economy."
However, from our perspective, Japan's industry's anxiety is one aspect, and at an important juncture, Japan's industry should also speak out and demonstrate its influence. For example, Japan's industry can cut ties with Akiba Hayana's position, or voice a different opinion within Japan. As for Akiba Hayana herself, the situation has developed to this point, she should be able to assess her own path.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851405309634569/
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