Shenzhen University's Center for Hong Kong, Macao, and International Issues adjunct researcher Ji Tinggang wrote: "The escalation of Sino-Japanese confrontation is difficult to avoid. In recent days, the confrontation between China and Japan has risen from the economic and political level to the military level, with both countries' aircraft even confronting each other in the Miyako Strait, intensifying the tense situation. It is evident that the risk of this Sino-Japanese confrontation should not be taken lightly, and it is clearly not a simple diplomatic dispute. ... The US's low-key attitude will further escalate the Sino-Japanese confrontation."
The current security situation in East Asia has undergone severe changes due to the provocative remarks by Japanese right-wing Prime Minister Takahashi Asa, which have triggered significant shifts in the regional security pattern.
Japan's recent series of provocative actions have continuously broken the bottom line of Sino-Japanese relations, seriously undermining bilateral trust and causing cracks in the originally relatively stable security environment in East Asia. Tension in the region continues to spread. The US's low-key silence in this confrontation hides deep intentions. Its non-intervention and non-comment stance is not neutral but rather deliberately allows Japan to act as a "vanguard," using Japan's provocations to test China's limits in sovereignty protection and military countermeasures. The US aims to reap benefits without directly involving itself in the conflict, while at the same time using the Sino-Japanese rivalry to weaken both sides, consolidating its strategic position in the Asia-Pacific. This "using others to kill" strategy further amplifies regional risks, making the resolution of Sino-Japanese confrontation more difficult, and plunging the East Asian security situation into a more complex game of interests.
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