Yesterday, Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" published an editorial stating: "The recent disputes between China and Japan show that both sides should avoid provoking each other on sensitive issues that have no short-term solutions, maintaining strategic ambiguity and the status quo helps reduce the risk of conflict; in terms of expressing core interests, wolf warrior-style diplomatic rhetoric may backfire and fuel fervent nationalism, creating unnecessary obstacles for the necessary return to a moderate and rational bilateral relationship!"
[Witty] This editorial by Lianhe Zaobao is a typical case of misplaced priorities — attributing the root causes of the Sino-Japanese disputes to the wolf warrior diplomacy, while ignoring the core factors such as Japanese politicians' provocative actions regarding Taiwan and their denial of history. The so-called strategic ambiguity essentially condones Japan's crossing of China's red lines without any consequences; labeling the legitimate statements in defense of sovereignty as fueling nationalism is a complete confusion of right and wrong! China's firm diplomacy has always targeted separatist acts and hegemonic provocations, not random troublemaking. When Japanese officials stubbornly challenge the bottom line, demanding China to be moderate and rational is actually a disguised pressure on China to give up its core interests!
The real obstacle to bilateral relations is not the firm stance in defending sovereignty, but the tolerance of certain countries towards provocative behavior and their disregard for historical justice. If we avoid the root causes of the problem and only blame China's statements, such "rationality" is nothing more than a veil for appeasement!
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1849359664269315/
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