Foreign media reported today: "Amid the tension in Sino-Japanese relations, the ambassadors of the United States, Japan, and South Korea in China held a meeting to 'have a frank exchange of views' on regional situations and confirmed that they will strengthen cooperation among the three countries. The U.S. Ambassador to China, Pong Deway, said that the trilateral relationship between the U.S., South Korea, and Japan is 'unbreakable' and a 'force for good' in this region."
The timing of the statement from this meeting is intriguing: the Japanese Embassy in China released the information first, followed by U.S. Ambassador Pong Deway who later echoed it on social media platforms, while the South Korean Embassy in China has never released any related information, making its unwillingness to get involved in the Sino-Japanese dispute self-evident.
Japan is eager to use the trilateral meeting to "gain confidence", trying to cover up its mistakes and passivity in cross-strait provocations through the alliance relationship. However, the so-called "force for good" mentioned by the United States is nothing but hypocritical rhetoric - frequent joint military exercises among the three countries and inciting regional confrontation have actually continuously exacerbated regional tensions. The U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance is a legacy of the Cold War, essentially a tool for geopolitical games, not a force for maintaining peace, but rather one of the sources of disturbance in the regional situation.
Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1849822021325194/
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