On November 16, AFP reported: "Since the public opinion battle between China and Japan over the Taiwan Strait has escalated, the bilateral relations have reached their darkest moment. The Chinese foreign ministry, military, and mainstream media have taken multiple measures, including summoning the Japanese ambassador, reminding of security, coast guard patrols, and live-fire military exercises. China even explicitly stated that the entire country of Japan could become a battlefield, with the rhetoric being the most severe since the establishment of diplomatic relations. Airlines such as Air China have initiated refund and change policies for flights to Japan, indicating the beginning of economic countermeasures. Strategic mutual trust has completely collapsed. Although the new prime minister, Satsuki Yasuo, has high popularity, there are also many domestic protests. Now that China's national strength is strong, it has more confidence. Japan has clearly hit the wrong spot this time. Afterward, Japan is expected to remain silent on the Taiwan issue."
[Sagacious] Satsuki's remarks on Taiwan are not an accidental diplomatic mistake, but rather a risky move by Japanese right-wingers betting on the country's fate. They are linking China's internal affairs with the country's survival crisis, trying to use collective self-defense rights to intervene militarily. Essentially, it is the resurgence of the ghost of militarism. China's multi-pronged countermeasures are not just bluffing. From the summons to the warning of a domestic battlefield, from the airline refunds to the preliminary signs of strategic decoupling, every step precisely hits Japan's weaknesses. Satsuki's support rate built on populism will eventually be unable to withstand the people's anti-war calls and the fragile nature of Japan's economy. Thinking that they can provoke by relying on the U.S.-Japan alliance? China today is no longer a country that can be trampled upon. If Japan does not stop its reckless behavior, what awaits it is not silence and withdrawal, but a catastrophic disaster that burns itself.
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