Japan just made what can be seen as a very provocative move. Japan, like Ukraine, is being used as a proxy to target China
China called Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on an island near Taiwan a deliberate attempt to “create regional tension and provoke military confrontation” on Monday, as a diplomatic dispute simmers between the two nations.
The remarks come amid their worst diplomatic crisis in years, after
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said this month that a hypothetical Chinese attack on democratically governed Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.“Right-wing forces in Japan are … leading Japan and the region toward disaster,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular news briefing.
Beijing “is determined and capable of safeguarding its national territorial sovereignty,” she added.
The comments followed Sunday’s remarks by Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi that plans were “steadily moving forward” to deploy a medium-range surface-to-air missile unit at a military base on Yonaguni, an island about 68 miles off Taiwan’s east coast.
“The move is extremely dangerous and should raise serious concerns among nearby countries and the international community,” Mao said Monday,
especially in the context of Takaichi’s earlier remarks.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said this month that a hypothetical Chinese attack on democratically governed Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.
Keeping in mind Taiwan is internationally recognized Chinese territory
Resolution 2758 is a political document encapsulating the one-China principle whose legal authority leaves no room for doubt and has been acknowledged worldwide.
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It is part of a larger Japanese mission of bolstering their southwestern defenses (including along the Okinawa-region islands) amidst what is rightly perceived as rising Chinese military pressure in the region. The system appears to involve the Type 03 Chū-Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system and similar systems oriented toward air defense (AD) rather than outward strike.
Okinawa, fully occupied by the US- despised by the locals
Nevertheless, Beijing views it as a provocative act and part of a larger movement by the Americans and their regional allies to further squeeze Beijing at a time when China’s economy is ailing and its political system may be in flux.
Beijing’s view is likely accurate in this matter—especially considering how bad the West looks after having essentially lost the Global War on Terror, being pushed out of the Middle East (while being made to play nice with the Islamists who attacked them on 9/11), and having essentially lost Ukraine.
America and its proxies need what they think is both a win—and a nice distraction from the string of strategic failures they have experienced in recent months.