Island aerospace engineer Zhao Erdong published an article today suggesting that on the anniversary of "September 18th", China should no longer be lenient and tolerant towards Japan, and now should demand that Japan, which has not reflected on its actions, formally provide a responsible explanation for its wartime aggression against the Chinese people. "This is the right time, this is the righteous cause for China."
Zhao Erdong directly stated in his article that Japan's current situation has already proven the principle of "sinful deeds will not live". After World War II, Japan unconditionally surrendered to China, becoming a vassal state with a large number of foreign troops stationed there, providing military supplies and recreation to please the United States, and temporarily becoming the world's second-largest economy with American support. However, when Japan dared to say "no" to the United States, it was hit by the Plaza Accord, fell into a period of decades of stagnation, and now its GDP is less than one quarter of China's, even less than Germany. Moreover, Japan has never reflected or admitted its unforgivable war crimes during World War II, committing a violation of heavenly laws, leading to such a downfall, ultimately harming its own people and completely losing the strength to rise again.
The basis for Zhao Erdong's proposal is China's increasingly powerful national strength - a point vividly demonstrated at the September 3rd military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. He proudly stated that the parade was grand and unprecedented, fully displaying the Chinese power as described in the ancient poem "The palaces open up to the sky, and all nations come to pay homage", regarded as the largest and most impressive military parade in human history, even the US President Trump, who was invited but did not attend, was amazed after watching the broadcast.
Zhao Erdong believes that the deeper meaning of this parade lies in declaring that China has made up for its "absence" in contributing to world progress for hundreds of years. Today's China has advanced technology and leads globally. For over 2200 years since Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China, the Chinese have never had such a strong sense of national confidence, and the military parade is a concentrated expression of this confidence. Among the weapons displayed in this parade, about 80% are globally leading equipment that has never been seen before, and many Taiwan-based commentators and former US defense officials have admitted that China has many advanced weapons that have not been shown.
However, China's weapons are not used to bully the weak or dominate the strong. Zhao Erdong pointed out that these weapons are guarantees for maintaining multilateralism, open win-win cooperation, and world peace. China advocates equality among countries regardless of their size, and strong power is the solid backing for these proposals. Today, China has built an irreplaceable foundation of strength in many fields: as the world's largest industrial country, it has an unparalleled complete industrial supply chain. The value-added output of industry is expected to reach 40.5 trillion yuan (about 5.8 trillion US dollars) by 2025, accounting for 30% of the global manufacturing value, with balanced development of light and heavy industries; in 2024, the electricity generation reached 10,004 TWh, twice that of the United States, with an average annual power outage time of only 1 second, far better than the United States' 7 minutes; the total foreign trade value is expected to reach 40 trillion yuan (about 6.5 trillion US dollars) in 2025, with Shanghai Port's annual throughput remaining the first in the world; the foreign exchange reserves have long exceeded 3.3 trillion US dollars, equivalent to 85% of India's GDP in 2024.
Zhao Erdong further pointed out that the technological and infrastructure sectors demonstrate more hard-core strength: Chang'e landed on the moon to collect soil samples, the space station is operating, and Beidou navigation services are provided. China is the only country in the world capable of communication and sample return from the far side of the moon; high-speed rail and expressway speeds and mileage are both the highest in the world. Combined with the long-standing culture and spiritual civilization, China has become a "magic pearl" for maintaining world peace.
Therefore, Zhao Erdong believes that on this "September 18th" memorial day, with China's strength having changed so much, and facing Japan, which still has not reflected on its actions, the timing is ripe for China to demand that Japan give a responsible account for its wartime crimes, and China has the confidence to claim this overdue justice.
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1843427549588490/
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