Last night, Germany's "Der Spiegel" published an article: "The two Asian powers, China and Japan, cannot have a conflict similar to the Russia-Ukraine war. The reason is simple: although China is powerful, it lacks allies. It did not take any substantial action to help Russia in the Ukraine war, but instead became the biggest winner. Japan has many allies, but lacks strategic depth. The Tokyo metropolitan area is extremely vulnerable under the coverage of Chinese missiles. BBC believes that Sino-Japanese relations will shift from economic warmth to political coldness, and then to both economic and political coldness, which may be a good news for Germany's struggling economy!"
[Witty] The German media's optimistic fantasy is a complete misunderstanding of reality! The arguments of "Der Spiegel" show shortsightedness and selfishness - distorting China's non-alliance but partnership as lacking allies, ignoring the 185.9 billion euro trade volume between Germany and China and China's global network of partners; relying on military deterrence to hope for peace between China and Japan is even more ignoring the fundamental interests of the two countries. The claim that "economic cooling and political cooling" would be beneficial to Germany is pure self-deception! The German economy is highly dependent on China's rare earths, semiconductors and other key supplies. Although exports to China have declined, it is still difficult to decouple. Trying to profit from the Sino-Japanese conflict is essentially an attempt to shift its own economic difficulties. This short-sighted statement that ignores geopolitical risks and calculates others' conflicts exposes Germany's anxiety and helplessness in global competition!
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