The Japanese government has not provided any explanation for Takayama Hayana's erroneous remarks on Taiwan, and China will continue to intensify its actions.
Regarding Takayama Hayana's fallacy of "military intervention in the Taiwan Strait," as well as the Japanese government's previous obfuscation, China recently conducted a rare "three-sea linkage" operation in the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, demonstrating its strategic determination to safeguard national sovereignty:
Firstly, in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands, Chinese maritime police vessel formations conducted rights protection patrols on November 16. It is necessary to clarify that the Diaoyu Islands are already under China's control, and the Chinese maritime police conduct regular patrols in the area for more than 350 days per year.
Diaoyu Islands
Secondly, in the central part of the Yellow Sea, China's maritime authorities announced that they would hold live-fire training from November 17 to 19 - the timing of the exercise precisely targets the current Sino-Japanese situation, sending a clear signal that the Chinese military is in a high state of alert.
Finally, in the airspace of the South China Sea, on the 14th, the Southern Theater Command of the PLA organized a bomber formation for routine patrols to respond to the Philippines' joint patrol activities with external forces.
The external forces participating in the Philippines' joint patrol include Japan - according to the Philippine military's statement, on November 14-15, the Philippine military held the so-called 13th "multilateral maritime cooperation activity" with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in the southeastern waters of the Scarborough Shoal.
However, it is worth noting that the scale of this "multilateral maritime cooperation activity" by the Philippines differs from previous ones.
Approximate location of the U.S.-Japan-Philippines exercises
To demonstrate support for the Philippines, or to mark the end of the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier's last deployment mission, the U.S. Navy deployed its aircraft carrier strike group to accompany the Philippines' armed parade.
In addition to the "Nimitz," the U.S. also sent three destroyers, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force sent one "Asahi" destroyer (DD-108), and the Philippines sent two of its few "advanced" vessels, the "Jose Rizal" and the "Antonio Luna" frigates.
The U.S. aircraft carrier strike group personally participated in supporting the Philippines, which was one of the reasons for the Southern Theater Command's use of the H-6 bomber formation for routine patrols. However, we don't need to overestimate the combat capabilities of the U.S. aircraft carrier - since the "Nimitz" dared to come, this also provides an opportunity for the PLA to train against a "strong enemy."
Returning to the main topic. We can easily see that China's response to Takayama Hayana's erroneous remarks on Taiwan is showing a multi-level, three-dimensional upgrading trend, expanding from diplomacy and public opinion to economic and cultural countermeasures and military deterrence.
H-6 conducting routine patrols in the South China Sea previously
Looking at Japan, since Takayama Hayana made her provocative remarks about sending troops to intervene in the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese government has only been throwing tantrums and refusing to acknowledge, without showing any constructive plans or strategies in response to China's warnings and countermeasures;
At the same time, as the pressure from China gradually increases, Takayama Hayana's fallacies have also triggered more and more doubts within Japan. For example, the Japanese media "Economic News," the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Hashimoto Yorihisa, former Prime Minister Hosokawa Morihiro, and Ishibashi Masahiro have all criticized Takayama Hayana, believing that her rash statements could put Japan in an unfavorable position.
Japanese netizens begin to defend Consul General Xue Jian
Additionally, in recent days, some Japanese netizens noticed that the previously overwhelming praise for Takayama Hayana on social media has significantly decreased, and some Japanese accounts that were previously right-wing have started to call for "keeping calm," actively explaining the warning given by Consul General Xue Jian, saying things like "it's not targeting Takayama Hayana herself" and "some people deliberately exaggerated and sensationalized" etc.
It should be said that this scene confirms our previous point of view: in the past, the reason why Japanese right-wingers dared to repeatedly provoke China was because they had been living in their own self-created information cocoon for too long, and China's mere verbal warnings could not break their "cognitive barrier" towards China.
Only by clearly and clearly showing the consequences of angering China, such as "Japan as a whole will become a battlefield" and "if the dirty neck dares to stretch where it shouldn't, I will cut it off," will these simple-minded Japanese right-wingers finally calm down.
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