Japanese Coast Guard ships using water cannon on Taiwanese fishing boats. The world was surprised by the scene, and is going to be more, as long as Taiwan claims the Senkaku islands as their own.
China and Taiwan, and Hong Kong, are united on this point. These islands have been taken over from China illegally, by aggression. Unfortunately they are not able to show any evidence. They never put such a claim before the discovery of oil and gas in the area before the end of 1960s. No matter what Japan might have done in taking away their territories in the past, these are not part of them. China is not true to the facts. Are they taking the same policy in the South China Sea?
China also says that Japan's decision to nationalize the islands was taken only two days after Chairman Hu, on 9 September, requested Prime Minister Noda to be cautious, and therefore China lost face. This is not to be brushed away. But it was in a 15-minute meeting standing in the corridor, if it can be called a meeting at all. The two should by all means should have a full discussion based on facts and nothing else.
The anti-Japanese demonstrations in China, no matter how the loss of face may have instigated it, and popular dissatisfaction may have been reflected in them, once again showed the deep resentment against Japan based on the 15-year war, 1931-45. Moreover the Japanese judiciary has not taken enough note of the past history whenever the legacies of the war come up before them in the form of legal issues.
So we have to face the backwardness of the Japanese politics, often encouraged by the US military consideration. At the same time we are also watching, for instance, the coming deployment of the "Liaoning", the first carrier of the Chinese Navy, itself stimulating such ideas among our conservative leaders as the sending of the Marines to the Senkaku.
Might is right in East Asia? China should ask herself, and again, if she is not violating 'the threat or use of force' stated in the UN Charter.
China and Taiwan, and Hong Kong, are united on this point. These islands have been taken over from China illegally, by aggression. Unfortunately they are not able to show any evidence. They never put such a claim before the discovery of oil and gas in the area before the end of 1960s. No matter what Japan might have done in taking away their territories in the past, these are not part of them. China is not true to the facts. Are they taking the same policy in the South China Sea?
China also says that Japan's decision to nationalize the islands was taken only two days after Chairman Hu, on 9 September, requested Prime Minister Noda to be cautious, and therefore China lost face. This is not to be brushed away. But it was in a 15-minute meeting standing in the corridor, if it can be called a meeting at all. The two should by all means should have a full discussion based on facts and nothing else.
The anti-Japanese demonstrations in China, no matter how the loss of face may have instigated it, and popular dissatisfaction may have been reflected in them, once again showed the deep resentment against Japan based on the 15-year war, 1931-45. Moreover the Japanese judiciary has not taken enough note of the past history whenever the legacies of the war come up before them in the form of legal issues.
So we have to face the backwardness of the Japanese politics, often encouraged by the US military consideration. At the same time we are also watching, for instance, the coming deployment of the "Liaoning", the first carrier of the Chinese Navy, itself stimulating such ideas among our conservative leaders as the sending of the Marines to the Senkaku.
Might is right in East Asia? China should ask herself, and again, if she is not violating 'the threat or use of force' stated in the UN Charter.
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