[TigerLikesRooster]

Need to qualify the following statement of mine:

this was a risky move because if you wage massive war against external enemies when you have internal political crisis

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I assumed the clarification when I read your original.

Good response. Thanks.

Another issue with China is that, thanks to the anti-female culture, the number of males with no hopes of marriage and family is dangerously high. In the past, when nations face many millions of men with no hope of marriage/family, those nations tended to become very aggressive militarily (better to ship those guys off to fight in other nations than hang around home causing trouble).

Also, the new ruling party elected to Japan — IF they are truly pro-Chinese — changes this situation drastically.

We’ll have to see what happens.