As much as I like the idea of an East Asian integration I simply do not see it materializing anytime soon. Reason being the US imperialist empire is still deeply entrenched in the very area. South Korea hosting some 30,000 U.S. soldiers from the Cold War era, Japan hosting dozens of U.S. military bases and of course the continue proliferation of weapons all over the Asia Pacific by the U.S..
As long as the U.S. Imperialist empire is present in Asia Pacific / East Asia there will never be a dedicated integration of Asian nations to form something like EU type bloc.
My friend, at times, anti-historical forces help move history to the right direction. They have a role to play, so to speak. We may choose to see the military presence of the US as an anti-historical moment which carries in itself the very rationale to be ended.
The US military presence in East Asia, too, creates its own logic to be displaced. Like Marx said about the capitalist system being its own grave-digger.
Political consciousness may not be earned without a cost. The cost we are deemed to play, as it seems, the heavy legacy of colonialism (China's century-long humiliation at the hands of a bunch of Western powers, Japan's continued subdued status, Korea's division dilemma etc.).
What the theorists and analysts of East Asia (those with independent and critical mind) are tasked to do, among others, is to utilize the existing historical anomaly to, first, correct it, and then, progress further. Thus, as
@Nihonjin1051 very philosophically does, let's consider the US military presence as a catalyzer to drive regional integration even more strongly rather than as an impediment that, fatalistically, will keep us in this anti-historical state for ever.
History needs movers, my friend, be them negative (US military presence) or positive (economic integration in East Asia). We must be able to utilize both of them to guide historical progress into the direction we desire.
この日中の未来を考える会にとって礎といっても過言ではないイベントがなんと!来年、西暦2016年に復活します!もう一度あの感動を体験したい!もう一 度水上へ赴きたい!数々の有識者の声を拾い、みなかみ町の強力バックアップも構築して、ますますの鋭意工夫を凝らして、地域と町の新規発展と、日中のさら なる友好親善を生み出すという思いを形にしました。
詳細は後日公開致します!
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@yoshi.oda ---- いいね!ふたたび!
My friend , we have a saying in Japan for fonder collaboration between our two fraternal civilizations and peoples: Proud to be East Asian ! Proud of our East Asian Cohesion !
Beautiful images! Let youngsters meet up more as we promote the theoretical foundations of the NEA greater integration. Theory and practice, the praxeological beauty of Northeast Asian history.
@Nihonjin1051 , why would not this thread be made sticky?
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