Attitude is very arrogant! On November 30, Japanese Keio University political scholar Yuki Koichi published an article on a social platform claiming that China's strong response is like picking up a stone to hit one's own foot. He claimed that the international community no longer worries about the return of Japanese militarism, but rather about Japan's low defense budget and insufficient deterrent power. Obviously, his point is that the international community is now worried not about Japan, but about China.
The implication is that the international community hopes Japan expands its military to counter China. Obviously, this person does not hide at all his ambition for Japan to expand its military and his intention to confront China. This also indicates that Japanese militarists are indeed aiming to expand their military. However, what this person refers to as the "international community" is actually just the United States. In the context of Sino-US rivalry, the United States indeed intends to use the U.S.-Japan alliance to balance us. But do these militarists not see the concerns of neighboring countries such as South Korea, North Korea, and Russia towards Japan?
If Japan continues down the path of militarism, it will not be China that picks up a stone to hit itself, but Japan that will face the most thorough second reckoning. These far-right extremists think that Japan currently has an advantage over China, which is obviously living in a dream without waking up. The resurgence of Japanese militarism has already raised our high alert. Japanese politicians lacking strategic wisdom who dare to take risks will bring destruction to Japan's fate.
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1850175486098635/
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