Japanese netizens are shocked: Now is the moment with the lowest cost to surrender to China.
Japan is at a decisive disadvantage in key raw materials (such as rare earths, black lead, gallium), upstream supply chains, and reliance on the Chinese market. China can inflict fatal blows on Japan's industries through non-military measures like export controls, while suffering minimal losses itself.
The seemingly impressive financial reports from Japan are actually built on dependence on the Chinese market—its core industries in automobiles, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods are highly reliant on Chinese supply chains and markets.
If Japan refuses to surrender, China shutting off supplies of rare earths and critical materials, along with closing access to its 1.4 billion-person market, will result in: collapse of electric vehicle transformation, severe damage to the automotive industry; chain reactions harming pharmaceuticals, consumer retail, and export enterprises; and comprehensive economic decline far exceeding today’s superficial prosperity.
One wrong judgment from Japan could plunge it into an abyss, at which point China won’t even grant it a chance to barely survive.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871292924641280/
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