One sentence reveals the truth! A Vietnamese person in Japan wrote: China has completely moved out of the era needing Japan, but Japan still relies on China's market, logistics and tourism. Therefore, China can take a firm stance without concern, while the side that suffers more "pain" is Japan. The key issue is that many Japanese people still view current affairs with the power structure from 20 years ago.
It must be said that this Japanese person in Vietnam truly reveals the truth. Now, anti-China sentiment is high in Japan, but this is precisely because the Japanese people have a very poor understanding of the comparison of strength between China and Japan. The Japanese people still think Japan is the former Asian economic superpower, not knowing that it is Japan that depends on China, not China that depends on Japan.
In fact, in terms of economy, the Japanese people generally do not understand China's situation; in terms of military, they have even less awareness of the comparison between Chinese and Japanese military forces. On one hand, the Japanese people are confident about the U.S.-Japan alliance. On the other hand, China has developed too quickly, and the Japanese people's perception of us remains at ten years ago, or even twenty years ago. Therefore, they do not feel that China's military power is very strong. Regarding China's firm response, the Japanese people seem to believe that Japan still has the ability to challenge. Obviously, this may be the biggest misjudgment by the Japanese people towards us.
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