Japan defence paper warns for first time of crisis over Taiwan

[aziqbal]

Japan defence paper warns for first time of crisis over Taiwan
Annual defence report calls on Japanese government to pay attention to US-China tensions over Taiwan with ‘a sense of crisis more than ever before’.

Taiwan special forces during a naval drill in Kaohsiung on January 27, 2021 [File: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA]
13 Jul 2021
Japan, in its annual defence white paper, has warned growing military tensions around Taiwan, as well as economic and technological rivalry between China and the United States, could threaten peace and stability in East Asia.
This marked the first time that the report (PDF) – which was approved by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government on Tuesday – took up the issue of stability around Taiwan.
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“China has further intensified military activities around Taiwan including Chinese aircrafts’ entering the southwestern airspace of Taiwan,” the report said in its new section on Taiwan. “In the meantime, the United States has demonstrated a clear stance of supporting Taiwan in military aspects, such as transits by US vessels through the Taiwan Strait and weapon sales.”
Stabilising the situation surrounding Taiwan, it said, was important for Japan’s security and also the stability of the international community.
“Therefore, it is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever before,” it said.

For Japan, Beijing’s recent uptick in military activity around Taiwan is worrying since the self-ruled island lies close to the Okinawa chain at the western end of the Japanese archipelago.

Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory, and has never ruled out the use of force to retake the island.
Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to complete the “reunification” with Taiwan, while the Chinese military in June branded the US as the region’s “greatest creator of risks” when a US warship transited the narrow waterway that separates Taiwan from the Chinese mainland.
As tensions grow, Tokyo has become more outspoken on the issue, with the Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Asa saying earlier this month that Japan should join forces with the US to defend Taiwan from any invasion.
Aso’s comments immediately prompted a sharp rebuke from Beijing, with a foreign ministry spokesman saying they “harmed the political foundation of China-Japan relations”.
Aso later clarified his comments saying that any contingency over Taiwan should be resolved through dialogue.

The Japanese defence white paper also identified the South China Sea as another domain that is key in the US-China rivalry.

“In the South China Sea, China is expanding its military activities, including ballistic missile launches and military exercises involving aircraft carriers,” the paper said.
“Meanwhile, in July 2020, the United States criticized China’s claims of maritime interests as being illegal, and toughened its stance against China further by implementing Freedom of Navigation Operations and military exercises involving aircraft carriers.”
Therefore, it added, it was necessary to pay greater attention to the military trends of the two superpowers in both Taiwan and the South China Sea.

The defence paper, also for the first time, included a section on threats posed by climate change, which it says will increase competition for land and resources, and may trigger the mass movement of climate refugees.
An increase in disasters linked to global warming could also stretch military capabilities, it added, while Arctic Sea ice melting could lead to the militarisation of northern waters.

Japan defence paper warns for first time of crisis over Taiwan

Defence report calls on Japanese government to pay attention to US-China tensions over Taiwan with ‘a sense of crisis’.

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[CatSultan]

Japan defence paper warns for first time of crisis over Taiwan
Annual defence report calls on Japanese government to pay attention to US-China tensions over Taiwan with ‘a sense of crisis more than ever before’.

Taiwan special forces during a naval drill in Kaohsiung on January 27, 2021 [File: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA]
13 Jul 2021
Japan, in its annual defence white paper, has warned growing military tensions around Taiwan, as well as economic and technological rivalry between China and the United States, could threaten peace and stability in East Asia.
This marked the first time that the report (PDF) – which was approved by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government on Tuesday – took up the issue of stability around Taiwan.
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“China has further intensified military activities around Taiwan including Chinese aircrafts’ entering the southwestern airspace of Taiwan,” the report said in its new section on Taiwan. “In the meantime, the United States has demonstrated a clear stance of supporting Taiwan in military aspects, such as transits by US vessels through the Taiwan Strait and weapon sales.”
Stabilising the situation surrounding Taiwan, it said, was important for Japan’s security and also the stability of the international community.
“Therefore, it is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever before,” it said.

For Japan, Beijing’s recent uptick in military activity around Taiwan is worrying since the self-ruled island lies close to the Okinawa chain at the western end of the Japanese archipelago.

Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory, and has never ruled out the use of force to retake the island.
Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to complete the “reunification” with Taiwan, while the Chinese military in June branded the US as the region’s “greatest creator of risks” when a US warship transited the narrow waterway that separates Taiwan from the Chinese mainland.
As tensions grow, Tokyo has become more outspoken on the issue, with the Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Asa saying earlier this month that Japan should join forces with the US to defend Taiwan from any invasion.
Aso’s comments immediately prompted a sharp rebuke from Beijing, with a foreign ministry spokesman saying they “harmed the political foundation of China-Japan relations”.
Aso later clarified his comments saying that any contingency over Taiwan should be resolved through dialogue.

The Japanese defence white paper also identified the South China Sea as another domain that is key in the US-China rivalry.

“In the South China Sea, China is expanding its military activities, including ballistic missile launches and military exercises involving aircraft carriers,” the paper said.
“Meanwhile, in July 2020, the United States criticized China’s claims of maritime interests as being illegal, and toughened its stance against China further by implementing Freedom of Navigation Operations and military exercises involving aircraft carriers.”
Therefore, it added, it was necessary to pay greater attention to the military trends of the two superpowers in both Taiwan and the South China Sea.

The defence paper, also for the first time, included a section on threats posed by climate change, which it says will increase competition for land and resources, and may trigger the mass movement of climate refugees.
An increase in disasters linked to global warming could also stretch military capabilities, it added, while Arctic Sea ice melting could lead to the militarisation of northern waters.

Japan defence paper warns for first time of crisis over Taiwan

Defence report calls on Japanese government to pay attention to US-China tensions over Taiwan with ‘a sense of crisis’.

www.aljazeera.com

I wonder if Japan will actually help Taiwan if an Invasion happens. Maybe with proxies and supplying rebel groups. But China has done an effective demoralization and propaganda campaign that I think will stop most resistance. China really doesn't want a guerilla group for US to use against them especially since Taiwan is a very mountainous region which favors insurgents. Taiwan does have really high tech military equipment but the military training is a joke.

 

[aziqbal]

I wonder if Japan will actually help Taiwan if an Invasion happens. Maybe with proxies and supplying rebel groups. But China has done an effective demoralization and propaganda campaign that I think will stop most resistance. China really doesn't want a guerilla group for US to use against them especially since Taiwan is a very mountainous region which favors insurgents. Taiwan does have really high tech military equipment but the military training is a joke.

1st China will never invade

2nd JMSDF is a formidable top tier navy which has scores of AEGIS + BMD capable warships

the latest additions are the Maya Class more sophisticated and advanced then the USN Areligh Burke Flight III

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

I wonder if Japan will actually help Taiwan if an Invasion happens. Maybe with proxies and supplying rebel groups. But China has done an effective demoralization and propaganda campaign that I think will stop most resistance. China really doesn't want a guerilla group for US to use against them especially since Taiwan is a very mountainous region which favors insurgents. Taiwan does have really high tech military equipment but the military training is a joke.

If china invade taiwan they'll be dead within a month. A cursory look at regional geopolitics pretty much will shows you this.

 

[Menthol]

I wonder if Japan will actually help Taiwan if an Invasion happens. Maybe with proxies and supplying rebel groups. But China has done an effective demoralization and propaganda campaign that I think will stop most resistance. China really doesn't want a guerilla group for US to use against them especially since Taiwan is a very mountainous region which favors insurgents. Taiwan does have really high tech military equipment but the military training is a joke.

Japan will help.

It's one of the nations that will be wiped out during the End Times.

Prophecy saying it, not my opinion.

 

[CatSultan]

Japan will help.

It's one of the nations that will be wiped out during the End Times.

Prophecy saying it, not my opinion.

Where does it say that? And China invading Taiwan doesn't mean the world is going to end.

If china invade taiwan they'll be dead within a month. A cursory look at regional geopolitics pretty much will shows you this.

US has basically abandoned Taiwan and is to scared to even help them. The only countries that might help are Japan and maybe South Korea but they have to worry about the North

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Where does it say that? And China invading Taiwan doesn't mean the world is going to end.

US has basically abandoned Taiwan and is to scared to even help them. The only countries that might help are Japan and maybe South Korea but they have to worry about the North

US won't abandon taiwan. Biden already give guarantee twice recently, allowed sell of weapons & has sent patrol to the strait half a dozen times.

You don't do that much of an effort if you going to abandon someone.

 

[8888888888888]

I wonder if Japan will actually help Taiwan if an Invasion happens. Maybe with proxies and supplying rebel groups. But China has done an effective demoralization and propaganda campaign that I think will stop most resistance. China really doesn't want a guerilla group for US to use against them especially since Taiwan is a very mountainous region which favors insurgents. Taiwan does have really high tech military equipment but the military training is a joke.

Those rebel groups will be Crush

US won't abandon taiwan. Biden already give guarantee twice recently, allowed sell of weapons & has sent patrol to the strait half a dozen times.

You don't do that much of an effort if you going to abandon someone.

He also told Taiwan not to declare independence because he will not fight China for it.

 

[kankan326]

China is not so anxious to reunify Taiwan. Time is on China's side. Each year China becomes stronger economically and militarily. US knows that too. Starting the strait war ealier meets their strategic interest. US just sent a military plane to Taiwan. US wants a war before China's power is too big. Ironically 99% Taiwanese still believe they can rely on US to avoid reunification war.

 

[SuperStar20]

china will disintegrate if it invades Taiwan. It is surrounded by enemies. Every one waiting for the right moment.

 

[beijingwalker]

china will disintegrate if it invades Taiwan. It is surrounded by enemies. Every one waiting for the right moment.

China is surrounded by good friends, Russia, Pakistan, Koreas, SCO central Asian allies, India is indeed surrounded by enemies.

 

[SuperStar20]

China is surrounded by good friends, Russia, Pakistan, Koreas, SCO central Asian allies, India is indeed surrounded by enemies.

China has dispute with every country even though it does not share border. Hint 9 dash lines.

 

[beijingwalker]

China has dispute with every country even though it does not share border. Hint 9 dash lines.

Those are not our land neighbors and they also have disputes with each other, if that is what you mean. but India is indeed having disputes with every neighbor, real neighbor sense.

 

[Mandalorian_CA]

china will disintegrate if it invades Taiwan. It is surrounded by enemies. Every one waiting for the right moment.

China does not play the invasion policy, that is US policy. China plays really smart.

 

[beijingwalker]

China does not play the invasion policy, that is US policy. China plays really smart.

Jimmy Carter: US 'Most Warlike Nation in History of the World'
Former president says peaceful China 'ahead of us in almost every way.'

by Brett Wilkins

Most countries surveyed in a 2013 WIN/Gallup poll identified the United States as the greatest threat to world peace. (Photo: CD/CC BY 2.0)

The only US president to complete his term without war, military attack or occupation has called the United States “the most warlike nation in the history of the world.”

During his regular Sunday school lesson at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter revealed that he had recently spoken with President Donald Trump about China. Carter, 94, said Trump was worried about China’s growing economy and expressed concern that “China is getting ahead of us.”

Carter, who normalized diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing in 1979, said he told Trump that much of China’s success was due to its peaceful foreign policy.

Carter then referred to the US as “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” a result, he said, of the US forcing other countries to “adopt our American principles.”

“Since 1979, do you know how many times China has been at war with anybody?” Carter asked. “None, and we have stayed at war.” While it is true that China’s last major war—an invasion of Vietnam—occurred in 1979, its People’s Liberation Army pounded border regions of Vietnam with artillery and its navy battled its Vietnamese counterpart in the 1980s. Since then, however, China has been at peace with its neighbors and the world.

Carter then said the US has been at peace for only 16 of its 242 years as a nation. Counting wars, military attacks and military occupations, there have actually only been five years of peace in US history—1976, the last year of the Gerald Ford administration and 1977-80, the entirety of Carter’s presidency. Carter then referred to the US as “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” a result, he said, of the US forcing other countries to “adopt our American principles.”

China’s peace dividend has allowed and enhanced its economic growth, Carter said. “How many miles of high-speed railroad do we have in this country?” he asked. China has around 18,000 miles (29,000 km) of high speed rail lines while the US has “wasted, I think, $3 trillion” on military spending. According to a November 2018 study by Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, the US has spent $5.9 trillion waging war in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other nations since 2001.

“It’s more than you can imagine,” Carter said of US war spending. “China has not wasted a single penny on war, and that’s why they’re ahead of us. In almost every way.”

“And I think the difference is if you take $3 trillion and put it in American infrastructure you’d probably have $2 trillion leftover,” Carter told his congregation. “We’d have high-speed railroad. We’d have bridges that aren’t collapsing, we’d have roads that are maintained properly. Our education system would be as good as that of say South Korea or Hong Kong.”

The US has also invaded or bombed dozens of countries and supported nearly every single right wing dictatorship in the world since the end of World War II.

While there is a prevalent belief in the United States that the country almost always wages war for noble purposes and in defense of freedom, global public opinion and facts paint a very different picture. Most countries surveyed in a 2013 WIN/Gallup poll identified the United States as the greatest threat to world peace, and a 2017 Pew Research poll found that a record number of people in 30 surveyed nations viewed US power and influence as a “major threat.”

The US has also invaded or bombed dozens of countries and supported nearly every single right wing dictatorship in the world since the end of World War II. It has overthrown or attempted to overthrow dozens of foreign governments since 1949 and has actively sought to crush nearly every single people’s liberation movement over that same period. It has also meddled in scores of elections, in countries that are allies and adversaries alike.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/04/18/jimmy-carter-us-most-warlike-nation-history-world