11/11/2014

APEC Without Japan is Better for Regional Stability & Security



The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2014 gathers this week in Beijing, China, against the backdrop of deep tensions between host China and neighboring Japan over the Diaoyo Islands and Japan’s continual honouring of her war-time war criminals at a Shinto Shrine. Oft-times over the recent decades, Chinese unhappiness at Japanese recalcitrance have raised unnecessary concerns of military confrontations between the emergent largest and the 3rd largest economies. Japan has never apologized for its initiating role in World War 2 in the Asia Pacific and for her brutalities and war-time atrocities, including Chinese genocides, in the countries she conquered.   

Thinking the Possible – APEC Without Japan
APEC is important to Japan.  Japan is the 3rd largest economy and the eighth most populated nation in the world. Its role in the international community is also considerable as a major aid donor and a source of global capital and credit.

In a Joint Statement release last Friday, Japan continued to deny Chinese sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands, and merely “acknowledging differing views” over Diaoyu status.

According to Japan's state minister of defence Akira Sato: "The Senkaku islands are an inherent part of Japan". Never mind that it was on Chinese Maritime Charts in early 13th century; but conspicuously absent on both the 1783 Japanese Maritime Charts & 1876 Official Imperial Japan Map. Japan occupied Diaoyu in 1895 after the 1st Sino-Japanese War, making it part of Okinawa, and renamed it Senkaku in 1900. So HOW is Diaoyu (Senkaku) an "inherent" part of Japan?

Tensions also remained strained from the regular annual visits by Japanese top politicians, including its Prime Minister, to Tokyo Yasukuni Shinto shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including executed war criminals. Such actions are evidence of Japan’s lingering expansionist militaristic tendencies as well as demonstrate Japanese insensitivity to China’s, the US’ and the APEC Countries’ suffering during the Pacific War started by the Japanese.

The continual visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese Leaders also insults the memory of the 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and marines killed on the USS Arizona during the Japanese cowardly surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. 

It is clear that Japanese persistent recalcitrance over Diaoyu Islands would merely postpone the Day of Confrontation between her and China. This does NOT augur well for APEC as a zone of peace and stability for economic growth and prosperity.

It is difficult to foresee any credible role for Japan in APEC, or in the whole world, unless her impugned integrity and shameless injustice over Diaoyu is reversed together with her militaristic mindset regarding her neighbours. Japan can of course continue to play bilateral roles outside APEC with individual APEC countries.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did the Japanese and Americans apologise for their mischiefs? Don't tok cock.

Veritas said...

Did China apologize for Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Anti Right purges which kills more in Japs -- all during peace time?

China not Japan is the biggest masturbator of history text books.

Anonymous said...

The Americans never apologise for the use of the A-bombs on Japan.

On the contrary, they claimed to be doing the right thing by preventing further loss of lives by ending the war. They call it 'collateral damage', which means aything goes as long as they win.

The point here is the Americans vaporised ordinary citizens of Japan, not the war criminals or the soldiers.

Veritas said...

From 1949-1976, China has responsible for more death of innocents, than anyone else in this planet.

Even Stalin and Hitler need to worship Mao for being the mother of all assholes.

WW2 China in wartime condition result to 18 million death. Great Leap Forward alone causes 30 million death in peace time.

And China kills oversea Chinese by support Pot and Vietnam. When Vietnam invade Cambodia to stop killings of Chinese, China fume and attack Vietnam.

Meanwhile Vietnam also kick out all their Chinese.

China cause the N Korean to suffer by supporting Fat Kim. Today China still make N Korean to suffer. Without China, N Korea will collapse and there will be a better world

Did China apologize?

By supporting N Korea, China prove to be a rascal. Another bigger friend or the best friend of China is Paki, who export terrorism to the entire world.

Did China apologize?

Anonymous said...

Veritas said...
From 1949-1976, China has responsible for more death of innocents, than anyone else in this planet.

You are talking out of your depth and starting to sound silly. From the colonisation of America, the atomic bombing of Japan and the wars in the Middle East, how many innocent people have the Americans killed?

You got brain or not?

Veritas said...

From 1949-1976, China has responsible for more death of innocents, than anyone else in this planet.

You are talking out of your depth and starting to sound silly. From the colonisation of America, the atomic bombing of Japan and the wars in the Middle East, how many innocent people have the Americans killed?

You got brain or not?


30 million alone in Great Leap Forward in 3 years. CHina set world record.

USA got to bomb 120 hiroshima to even China.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Hi Veritas, US wiped out betw 70m to 100m Red Indians. That is American recorded history.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

@RB:

>> Thinking the Possible – APEC Without Japan

Haha. Wishful thinking again.

Every cuntree has a part of its history where the people and the leaders were fucking cunt assholes.

The letters "E" & "C" in APEC stad for "Economic Cooperation" -- code for "let's make money together".

I'm more inclined to believe that at the top levels -- where the money and power come together to make more money and power -- there is COLLUSION between Japanese and Chinese top operators to benefit mutually from an on-going fake "wayang" over the disputed territories.

The big lumbering goondoo is the USA, who cannot help but kacau-kacau. However, collectively China and Japan hold most of the US Treasury issues.

...ok, let your imagination run wild ;-)

Veritas said...

Hi Veritas, US wiped out betw 70m to 100m Red Indians. That is American recorded history.

Assuming there are 70 millions of Red Indians, being wipe out by white man from 1750-1850.

Then every year, 700,000 got to be massacre. It is not possible because there are absolutely no existence of mass grave.

Assuming there are 70 millions of Red Indians in 1750 USA. Then there will be mega cities, monuments and evidence of civilization. Up to now, no such evidence.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Veritas, the figures are quoted from White American historians. You got to ask them to verify. North America is a continent. The historians were talking about $100m Red Indians across North America.

The said...

APEC without APEC is the bestest!

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Anonymous said...

Ah Pek without Ah Bay best of the bestest.