Hmmmmm.......i know Japan has normal relations with Turkey, just like maby european powers like Britain,France,Germany, and even China. I never knew there was any sweeter than honey relationship between Japan and Turkey.lol
In fact bar the Uygur issue, i will say Sino -Turkish relations are even way ahead of Japanese -Turkish relations from military to economic field.
For example sino-turksih trade stands at over 30 billion dollars as of last year, while turkey-japan trade is barely 5 billion dollars.
So Turkey being For Japan what pakistan is for china is rather erroneous IMO.
I suppose what my friend
@atatwolf was trying to illustrate to you,
@mike2000 is back , is the multidimensionality of national relationships. You see there are many kinds of relationships, when we are referring to the diplomatic level, there are:
- Trade Relationships
- Cultural Relationships
- Military & Strategic Relationships
- Ideological Relationships
In regards to Turkey and China, they may not be ideologically succinct compared to the say Turkish-Azerbaijan, Turkish-Turkish Cyprus, or the same way as say Japan-Turkey , or Japan-United States, but they have a relationship, nevertheless. China and Turkey have a trade relationship, one that has seen bilateral trade rise to the $30 Billion mark. This is substantial yet at the same time not surprising because Turkey is a relatively well developed nation state of 80 million citizens and a GDP of over $822 Billion (that's quite large, actually). This trade relationship enables goods and commodities , affordable as they are, to come into Turkey, at the same time Turkish goods and commodities to enter into the Chinese market of 1.4 billion.
So, tho Turkey and China may not share similar ideological points , and they may have some areas of concerns (the Uighur issue), but that does not diminish their vibrant economic trade. Nor should it. In fact the fact that Turkey and China maintain a healthy trade relationship despite ideological differences speaks of the maturity of the respective governments , and this is a credit to them both.
Naturally that is the the way. For example, China and Japan may not be ideologically succinct and may have diplomatic obstacles, however, that does not diminish the Sino-Japanese bilateral trade which is now reaching $500 Billion per year; the largest trade relationship in Asia.
We may not see things "eye" to "eye" but we can definitely trade and make money. lol.
That's the way it should be, Mike. Right?
Cheerio and Carry On,