Can't get through to China's hotline, Japan is frustrated.

Recently, Japanese media "Asahi Shimbun" reported the above news, saying that although China and Japan established a hotline for communication in case of accidental military conflicts in 2023, after this hotline was activated for one and a half months, the two countries' defense ministers had a 20-minute call, but it has not been used since then.

Japanese media said that in the case of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's "Suzukaze" ship entering Chinese territorial waters last year, as well as the incident in June and July this year when PLA aircraft drove away Japanese military aircraft, Japanese officials had repeatedly quickly called the hotline to communicate with China, but "did not receive a response from China."

Japan: Why can't we get through to China's phone?

Regarding this, there is an increasing sense of pessimism within the Japanese government about the hotline, and the American "Defense Blog" website used the word "frustrated" to describe the feelings of Japanese officials.

Certainly, unsurprisingly, these Japanese officials once again blamed China for the fact that the phone could not be connected, claiming that there is a difference in understanding between China and Japan on the operation of the hotline. The Chinese side's requirement that "diplomatic arrangements need to be made before the call" is simply unworkable, "contrary" to the original purpose of the hotline, which is to deal with emergency situations. On the other hand, the Japanese side "hopes that this hotline will become a tool for in-depth communication in emergencies."

What Japanese officials said is clearly turning the blame around.

Indeed, the original intention of establishing this defense hotline between China and Japan was indeed to avoid accidental military conflicts between the Self-Defense Forces and the PLA in the maritime and air fields, allowing both countries' defense officials to communicate directly to clarify misunderstandings between the two sides.

The Air Self-Defense Force even took such close photos of PLA fighter jets, yet Japan still dares to complain that China's phone is not connected?

But it should be noted that in the series of military friction incidents listed by Japanese media where Japan needed to urgently communicate with China, Japan was actually the one who was constantly provoking, not only challenging China's territorial sovereignty repeatedly, but also frequently tracking the activities of PLA warships and aircraft.

Especially the incident in June, when the PLA's Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers were training in the western Pacific, but a Japanese anti-submarine patrol plane (P-3C) tracked the PLA's aircraft carrier group for two consecutive days from June 7th to 8th, and was driven away by the PLA's J-15 carrier-based fighter jets.

It should be said that Japan's current complaints are very similar to the situation in 2022 when Pelosi visited Taiwan, and China suspended eight mechanisms of Sino-US exchanges and cooperation, and the United States complained about "not being able to get through to China's phone":

Both the US and Japan are provoking China, while hoping China will answer the phone

It's clear that the US and Japan are the ones who started the trouble first. After China's territorial sovereignty and national security were provoked, the US and Japan still dare to ask China not to refuse to answer the phone. We really don't know where the US and Japan get this confidence to make such demands.

Of course, from another angle, the "preposterous belief" mentality of the US and Japan actually exposes their "weakness and love of playing games": they are afraid of angering China, and after causing trouble, they immediately call to communicate, but they never learn from their mistakes, and keep coming up to the vicinity of China every now and then.

Regarding Japan's frequent hype about the activities of the PLA warships and aircraft, the Chinese Ministry of Defense once said a sentence many years ago: "The reason why the Japanese pay so much attention to the PLA's legitimate and legal training activities is mainly because their mindset is not adjusted properly, and their psychological problems are not cured. Perhaps because the number of times Chinese warships passed through the Miyako Strait in the past was too few, so in the future, we will pass through several more times, and the Japanese will get used to it and feel better."

American military shooting of our fighter jet

Facts have proven what the Chinese Ministry of Defense said. As a defeated country in World War II, Japan has no right to lecture the PLA's activities, but in the past, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces often showed off their military strength near China, interfering with the PLA's maritime and air exercises, taking advantage of their technological superiority.

Now, seeing that the PLA's equipment has not only surpassed the Self-Defense Forces, but also frequently conducts drills in the Western Pacific, Japan suddenly wants to emphasize avoiding miscalculations and maintaining communication. Is that possible?

Just like the Chinese Ministry of Defense said, Japan needs to get used to the PLA's warships passing through the Miyako Strait.

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