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They didn't just start focusing on China now. Not sure what prompted this particular title, since there isn't much substance in the paragraphs before the paywal
by daodedickinson 7y ago
They didn't just start focusing on China now. Not sure what prompted this particular title, since there isn't much substance in the paragraphs before the paywall.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoWell, they feared an USSR invasion. Now that's gone and Russia alone can't really invade Japan. China can.
- kochikame 7y agoChina is barely capable of taking over Taiwan without enormous cost and material and human loss. Japan is far, far harder to "invade" and is barely even something they would consider. Even an "attack" (something short of an invasion), consisting of surgical strikes (and what, nukes?) would be prohibitively costly in every way possible and would also be 100% guaranteed to bring the US in to the conflict. The Chinese government likes having Japan around as a useful lightning conductor for public anger, which redirects protests away from them. They are Japan's biggest trading partner. They are not going to invade any country this useful and valuable to them. Please don't use a word like "invade" lightly; it's very, very far from ever being a reality.