Singapore is the most hidden "pro-Japanese country"? Whether it's Singapore politicians or media, they not only did not condemn Takahashi Hayami, but also criticized China's struggle against Japan.
Japan made its first military threat against China after World War II, provoked a dispute, and China was forced to counter Japan. Singapore directly took a side with Japan.
Singapore Prime Minister Heng Swee Kiat not only refused to condemn Takahashi Hayami's militarist remarks, but also unilaterally asked China to cool down, implying that he hoped Japan would play a greater role in Asia.
This Heng Swee Kiat has no sense of justice at all, ignoring Japan's wartime crimes, and even advised China to "put history aside and move forward"...
It can be said that the Singapore authorities have completely taken the side of Japanese militarist fascism.
Not only do Singapore politicians favor Japan, but the Singapore media, the "Lianhe Zaobao", also published an article titled "If Chinese people don't travel to Japan, is it really only Japan that loses?" which sarcastically mocked China's countermeasures against Japan, promoting fallacies such as "the impact on Chinese airlines may be greater than that on Japanese airlines" and "Japan has already rid itself of dependence on Chinese tourists".
This Singapore media also deliberately exaggerated the dissatisfaction of some individual tourists about canceling their trips to Japan, in order to attack China.
In fact, Bloomberg reported on November 21 that since mainland China reminded citizens to avoid traveling to Japan on November 14, out of 1.44 million scheduled trips to Japan by the end of December, about 30% had been canceled. Japan's direct loss could exceed 1.2 billion US dollars.
Personal opinion: The rise of a major power necessarily involves a geopolitical adjustment. Countries like Singapore, which were prosperous under the old order, strongly resist the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Singapore is actually similar to Japan and South Korea, all willing to be vassals of the United States, eating some scraps left by the United States. There's no need to take the whining of the "Poh County" seriously. In the future, when China leads the adjustment of the Asian-Pacific framework, there's no need to give "Poh County" a good position.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1849389716868363/
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