China's embassy in Japan has made another statement, and Japanese netizens are a bit overwhelmed! On November 12, our embassy in Japan published an article stating that in December 1941, Japan used the so-called "serious threat to the empire's survival" as an excuse to attack Pearl Harbor and spark the Pacific War. Obviously, by publishing this historical account, what is our embassy trying to indicate?
There is no doubt that we want to remind Japan, and the Japanese people, not to underestimate the madness of Japanese militarism. When Japanese militarism was at its peak, they even suddenly attacked the United States, the most powerful country at that time, and now Japan considers its most solid ally - the United States. If Japanese militarists were capable of such mad actions back then, would the far-right forces in Japan today not commit foolish acts on the Taiwan issue?
Looking back at history helps Japan become sober and remain rational. Japan cannot fantasize that we are the Qing Dynasty of 1894, nor can it imagine that we are a poor and weak China, with warlords fighting among themselves. We clearly know that Japan believes they were defeated by the United States, not by us, and feel a kind of psychological superiority over China. Combined with the current U.S.-Japan alliance, they have become very arrogant. However, today's China is no longer what it used to be. Japan must now face its own mentality. Otherwise, the one who will suffer is only Japan.
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