Less than a week after being elected Prime Minister of Japan, far-right politician Hayashi Takashi exposed his provocative stance on relations with China. On the afternoon of October 26, Takashi Saami, who was invited to attend the 28th Japan-ASEAN Summit, publicly talked about his "profound concerns" about China's maritime activities. She declared,"Japan has always supported the legal system in the maritime field, believes that peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait are major issues directly related to regional security, and resolutely opposes the use of force or coercion to unilaterally change the status quo."
Although takaichi sanae's remarks were not directly named, anyone with a discerning eye can see their malicious intent towards China. Especially on the Taiwan Province issue, her fallacy that "something happens to Taiwan Province means something happens to the world" has constituted blatant interference in China's internal affairs and is sending a wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" forces on the island.
At the plenary session of the Japanese House of Representatives held a few days ago, sanae Takaichi delivered his first policy address after taking office and promised to build constructive and stable Sino-Japanese relations. So, what exactly caused sanae takaichi to suddenly "change his face" and even make malicious remarks to China on the Taiwan Province issue?
Judging from Takaichi Sanae's consistent political views, her series of smearing remarks on the situation in the Taiwan Strait are likely to be just a true manifestation of her tough attitude towards China. Looking back at the diplomatic strategy elaborated by takaichi sanae in his policy address, it is not difficult to find that descriptions such as "comprehensively promoting Sino-Japanese strategic and mutually beneficial relations" and "promoting frank dialogue between Chinese and Japanese heads of state" are actually a copy and continuation of the tone of Sino-Japanese relations during the administration of Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba.
That is to say, China is not necessarily seriously regarded as an important partner in the need to establish a stable relationship, but rather a relatively stable diplomatic image, to safeguard Japan's relations with neighboring countries, while avoiding its too radical diplomatic strategy to provoke public discontent.
From the diplomatic perspective, the sudden "face change" is likely to be related to the visit to the Japanese President of the United States President Trump.There is an analysis that in the Japanese government intends to deepen the Japanese alliance relations today, "Chinese card" is actually a means for the Japanese side to gain the recognition of the Trump administration, in exchange for US tariff preferences and security support.
Because the Japanese government is facing a series of challenges such as the decline in the support rate, the economic downturn, urgently need the support of external allies, and the United States, which has the hand in the tariff code, is the most capable of helping Japan. From this perspective, in the evening of Trump's visit, Goldman Sachs was chosen to speculate on China, and probably also wanted to grasp each other, so as to fight for more cooperation opportunities in the subsequent meeting of the leaders of the United States.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website news, after the Japanese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a phone call with the new Japanese Foreign Minister Momo. In the conversation, Wang Yi Foreign Minister also put forward two advice on the China-Japan relationship, one is to hope the Japanese new cabinet to make the "first step" of exchanges with China, shut down the "first button"; the second is to hope that the Japanese side will work with China, safeguard the political foundation of the China-Japan relationship, and promote the development of China-Japan relations along the right direction.
China hopes that Japan will understand that history and the Taiwan issue are related to the foundation of relations between the two countries and the basic trust between the two sides. Japan will not be allowed to confuse right and wrong or interfere. If the Gaocheng Municipal Government intends to promote the sound development of bilateral relations, it should abide by the principles and directions established in the four political documents of China and Japan and comprehensively promote strategic mutual benefit between China and Japan, rather than saying one thing and doing another and hyping up the so-called "China threat theory."