Posted on 05/08/2022 4:16:14 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
ijing told Tokyo not to go along with U.S. and U.K. plans to expand NATO's presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
China loves lecturing the world about what is right and wrong in geopolitical affairs. One week it is preaching to the Philippines, the next day it advises Japan and on the third day it is lecturing all of the above.
Last week, China's lecture was directed to Japan. Beijing was telling Tokyo that it "shouldn't be a promoter of NATO's Asia-Pacific expansion."
It came as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Thursday with the leaders pledging a reciprocal access agreement between the Japanese self-defense forces and the U.K. military.
Apparently, the military accord between the two countries is expected to spoil Beijing's plans to dominate the South China Sea and re-unification with its breakaway Taipei province. Last week, the British foreign minister argued that NATO should defend Taiwan's democracy, drawing Beijing's angry protests. Meanwhile, the U.K. and Australia have allied to enforce the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
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Would Taiwan join?
More from the Leftist Bully dream, the CCP.
Screw China. Anyone who listens to them is an idiot. And I don’t think Japan is stupid about China.
Yeah, I hate expansionism. Now what was it about those Chinese bases in the South China Sea again?
Japan has an excellent navy.
“spoil Beijing’s plans to dominate the South China Sea and re-unification with its breakaway Taipei province “
Who writes pure crap like this and how much does China pay them?
Time to take down ChiComs.
I hope Japan gave them whatever the Asian equivalent is of ‘the finger’.
“Would Taiwan join?”
That’s actually a good question, because of the legality of it. Neither the UK nor the US now recognize Taiwan as an independent and sovereign nation, so could it legally join an international or regional alliance? I suppose it could, but it would likely not be recognized by any international body. Then again, who gives a !@#$ what the UN says, or any other such body?
Fine, just reestablish SEATO.
There used to be an organization called SEATO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization
Maybe they’ll create a new one called NEATO.
“More from the Leftist Bully dream, the CCP.”
They own our politicians and CEOs.
The CCP is too big for its britches.
Dad is going to have to respond to the youngsters sooner
or later.
Japan isn’t going to stand by and do nothing.
Sooner or later, this is coming to a head.
China could have been content to be a successful peaceful
nation.
Now it will have to be destroyed, one way or another.
Hopefully they patch things up with South Korea. From what I understand, there's some beef left over from WWII. But it's time to move on. South Korea and Japan are natural allies with common interests.
No love lost between Japan and China; Japan is pretty much westernized now. Japan treated China horribly in WW2. Chinese never forget.
They should rename NATO to the NWO.
I can’t help but notice that WW3 seems to be lining up. China really isn’t much of a military threat, but we’ve allowed ourselves to become dependent upon them for so many things, it really is a problem.
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