Having clearly seen the crux of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, we can understand the impasse in Sino-Japanese relations
In 2010, China's GDP surpassed Japan's for the first time to become the world's second-largest economy, a watershed moment for the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations, which many see as a misconception.
At that time, the relationship between China, Japan and South Korea was still growing rapidly, because they were determined to promote the construction of the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area. In November 2011, in Bali, Indonesia, the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea met, and in 2012, China, Japan and South Korea were ready to officially launch negotiations on a free trade area.
It can be seen that Japan is not dissatisfied with China's economic surpassing itself, but only feels psychologically uncomfortable. Because Japan has gained substantial benefits in China's economic development, China is the largest consumer market for Japanese products and the largest partner.
In fact, the United States has become more wary of China's economic rise, and the prospect of threats to China, Russia, and Iran has become central to the national strategy of the United States. In containing its adversaries, the United States has adopted a strategy of offshore balancing, a strategy derived from the experience of the United Kingdom. In order to control Europe, Britain often co-opted one country against another.
In the same way, the United States uses European containment against Russia, Japan with China, and Israel with Iran.
In the circle of "three big and four small" constructed by the United States, there are no countries in Africa and South America, because there are no countries in these regions that directly threaten US hegemony.
When observing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, we cannot only proceed from the contradictions between Palestine and Israel, which is an extremely narrow perspective. The root cause of the conflict is that the United States uses Israel to contain Iran and unconditionally supports Israel.
Israel used this to kidnap the United States, knowing that the United States would not give up its support no matter what happened.
Therefore, we have recognized the crux of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and we have also understood the dilemma of Sino-Japanese relations. As long as the US strategy of containing China does not change, it will be difficult to normalize Sino-Japanese relations.
Of course, with China's continued rise, Japan alone is no longer enough to contain China, and the United States will certainly improve its relations with South Korea, India, and other countries.
This also explains the fundamental reason for the warming of relations between South Korea and India and the United States in recent years. While we may be uncomfortable with these situations, we must not fail to be vigilant.
For a big country like China, changes in the external environment are inevitable, and as long as we do our best, the external environment is not to worry about.
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