[Epoch Times January 07, 2022]On January 6, Japan and Australia signed the Reciprocal Access Agreement (Reciprocal Access Agreement) for the military. The establishment of the paramilitary alliance between Japan and Australia is a historic breakthrough. It also indicates that Japan is becoming an increasingly key player in Asia. The United States should be a positive pusher, while the CCP is a reverse pusher. In the history of China, the art of vertical alignment during the Spring, Autumn and Warring States period was skillfully used by countries all over the world, but the CCP did not understand the corresponding technique of horizontal alignment.
After taking office, the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio turned out to be the first stop of his visit to Australia. Because of the epidemic, the meeting between Kishida Fumio and Australian Prime Minister Morrison was changed to video. The military “mutual access agreement” is undoubtedly the highlight of the summit. one. After World War II, Japan only formed a US-Japan military alliance with the United States, focusing on domestic defense, which became an important factor for peace in Asia. However, after being raised by Western countries, the CCP showed its fangs. Not only did it directly provoke the United States and threaten Taiwan, it was also eager to try Japan.
After the former US President Trump proposed the Indo-Pacific strategy, he intensified the promotion of the “quartet mechanism” of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, and Japan’s role became prominent. After Biden took office, two summits between the leaders of the four countries were promoted in 2021. The Japanese Prime Minister was also strongly invited to visit the United States, becoming the first foreign head of state to visit the White House after Biden took office. Today, Japan is not only the most important partner of the United States in Asia, it is also becoming an increasingly critical role in Asia.
Facing the CCP’s challenge in the Indo-Pacific region, Biden called the CCP “the most serious competitor” in the 21st century. Sino-U.S. relations have changed from cooperation over the past two decades to confrontation; the United States will certainly not help the CCP dominate Asia, but will weaken the CCP at all levels on the premise of containing conflicts.
In the thirty years after the Cold War, the first island chain established by the United States has never encountered such a real risk; Guam, including the second island chain, is within the strike range of the CCP’s medium-range missiles. No matter from a security perspective, or in the field of political and economic cooperation, Japan in the G7 countries is supported by the United States. Of course, the United States hopes that Japan, which has similar concepts, will become a key player in Asia. On January 5, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, stated that the U.S. and Japan are at “a critical point, a critical moment”; the CCP is “not a good neighbor, nor a neighbor that can promote regional interests.” .
Japan is nervous about the CCP’s increasingly arrogant ambitions and threats; at the same time, with the strong support of the United States and allies, Japan should also see opportunities. Japan does not intend to appease the CCP anymore, but also hopes to seize the opportunity to openly express its willingness to help defend Taiwan and reject the CCP’s expansion policy in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
Japan and the United States stand side by side on the front line of confronting the CCP. Japan’s firm stance naturally gives its allies great confidence and prompts Western countries to step up and deepen cooperation with Japan. Japan has always been the world‘s third largest economy, and it is at the forefront of the world in the fields of technology and manufacturing.
After the structural reversal of Sino-US relations, the CCP tried to coerce Australia and broke down Sino-Australian relations. Australia also made it clear that it would assist in the defense of Taiwan and formed a new military alliance with the United States and Britain. It is said that Japan has also expressed its willingness to join AUKUS, and previously expressed its willingness to join the “Five Eyes Alliance”; the establishment of a paramilitary alliance between Japan and Australia is almost a matter of course. The joint statement between the two parties described the comprehensive strengthening of cooperation in various fields, emphasized the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, opposed the CCP’s illegal claims in the South China Sea, and expressed major concerns about the CCP’s persecution of human rights and disrupting Hong Kong.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the agreement will be a model of security cooperation with other countries. This is not a polite statement and will probably come true soon. Negotiations for a similar agreement between Japan and the United Kingdom are ongoing; the British aircraft carrier fleet will cruise the Indo-Pacific in 2021, not only for repeated joint exercises with the Japanese Self-Defense Force, but also for repairs in Japan. The “mutual access agreement” between the two armies should be on the way.
Countries such as France, Germany, and Canada are also in a similar situation. The Indo-Pacific strategy of EU countries takes Japan as a foothold, and there is almost no suspense. Military cooperation is an important security prerequisite, and subsequent political and economic cooperation will also be carried out in an all-round way. It should be the consensus of Western countries to support Japan in playing a key role in Asia.
In contrast, the CCP is becoming more and more isolated and its status in Asia is declining, but it has no alternative. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China tried to play down the influence. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin only responded by saying, “It should not be aimed at a third party or harm the interests of a third party. The size of the Pacific Ocean allows for the common development of countries in the region”.
On January 4, Xi Jinping issued Order No. 1 of the Military Commission, no longer mentioning “focus on preparing for war”, but saying “focus on changes in war and changes in opponents.” For the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the orders of the high-level CCP are probably mainly for the needs of internal struggle, but it is clear that the external opponent is not only the United States, but a combination of a series of opponents. It is not difficult to guess the outcome if a war is really going to start.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Su Qin used the art of collaborating to persuade the nations to unite against Qin, but ultimately lost to the Lianheng Art dedicated to Qin by Zhang Yi. Today, Western countries should have strategists like Su and Qin; the CCP does not have talents like Zhang Yi. If Guiguzi is alive, he will also see the CCP’s eschatological phenomenon, and will never let the high disciples contribute to the CCP. I am afraid the CCP will neither listen nor know how to do it. The CCP is not only losing its capital against the United States, it is also losing its important position in Asia, and Japan is becoming a key player.
The CCP is still coercing Lithuania, and it is setting up more enemies. The CCP may not see Lithuania in its eyes, but the United States is uniting EU countries to support Lithuania, and the CCP is actually promoting the formation of a larger anti-communist alliance. The CCP is in a stalemate with its “allies” Russia and Iran on the issue of Afghanistan, North Korea is not so obedient, and Kazakhstan has become a new problem in the backyard. The CCP has made itself more and more isolated, but at the same time it is making clothes for other countries. Of course, the CCP’s senior officials will never admit it.
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