1. There are only two safe waterways from China's coastal waters to the Pacific Ocean. One is the bus Strait near Huangyan Island, and the other is the Hakone Strait near Diaoyu Island.
2. In 1895, Japan occupied the Diaoyu Islands of the Qing Dynasty. 1943, <Cairo Declaration>. In 1945, <Potsdam Proclamation>. The anti fascist alliance agreed to return the Diaoyu Islands to China after the war.
3. Japan has the third largest GDP in the world and has strong manufacturing and financial capital. They have a population of more than 100 million and a homogeneous and united nation. If such a country gets rid of the control of the USA, it has enough ability to divide China's influence in East Asia.
4. China is seizing Japan's market in high-end machine tools, automobile manufacturing, precision instruments, semiconductor raw materials and other industries. The USA is also cracking down on Japanese manufacturing.
5. China is not ready for the collapse of the dollar system. The USA can let Japan buy a lot of U.S. debt to support the dollar system.
6. China can accept reconciliation with Japan's left-wing govt, but we don't trust the right-wing govt.
This is not the best time to achieve reconciliation with Japan and change its attitude towards Japan. We are willing to wait for the USA to continue to weaken Japan.
Maybe when the left-wing govt of Japan comes to power, we can help them achieve independence.
Premier Li Hongzhang submitted report on Japan to the Qing government in 1889 . The report titled You li Riben tu jing,it listed those islands as Japanese territory .The report was submitted in 1889 to the court was approved and published,that was before 1995.
Regardless of all these power politics,what I simply hope for is patch up between China & Japan,because in case of war between China & Japan,the winner will be US ,and their tribe of west swarming like vultures to swoop in and take advantage of weak Asia. China and Japan will never be the same again ,and the fall out might leverage US in a position that will be impossible to catch up,and during that leverage period if they get hold of breakthrough tech ,akin to when Trueman got his atomic bomb,US will surely try to superimpose their non-relinquishable hegemony on the world.
None would take the anglosaxons and their crimiinal allies from the west lightly,their brain are wired differently ,they commited invasion and colonization on their own accord,when situation turns overwhelmingly opportunistic,they might not hestite to try and relive their self perceived glorydays all overgain.
I never say south Korea don't hate or jealous of China. But if US ask SK to combine forces with Japan to attack China. They will never compiled.
South Korea will rather attack Japan first than working with them against China.
US don't even care about the hatre between SK and Japan. They just want to make sure their dog do his bidding.. But obviously, SK are not willing to be US dog like Japan.
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You are underestimating the growth of anti chinese hysteria in korea.A huge`portion of korean worship jesus,they celebrate christmass and halloween with same enthusiasm like any American,they worship anything revered in west -western media-western songs-movies ,awards,and western acknowledgement .They see it as being global.
The reaction of knetz toward a chinese-canadian kpop idol wearing mask with "love china":
These Koreans gladly followed US in Vietnam war just like Australia did in Afghanistan,and IMO,it's the korean army not the Japanese, that has unrefutable proof of committing the massacre & rape of large scale like whole villages.
Korea is too dependent on China economically to go to war against china on behalf of US,Japan is not a fool and has huge restraint will at most provide support , based on treaty,but not go to war on behalf of US ,unless China china tries to claim the contested islands by force.