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China shares Abe's desire to improve bilateral ties

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Good. Abe should do something big. It is time to unify the currency, unify language, unify market, unify technologies. Anything made in Northeast Asia can be used directly without any modification in Northeast countries to save cost. This is the arrow that can shoot.

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China’s on the way up and Japan’s declining. I’m not sure the island disputes will be solved in this historical cycle of the rise and fall of nations. Best to maintain the status quo and develop trust. Ignore the islands and let it be.

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"China's position on improving and developing Sino-Japanese relations has been consistent," Yeah, Japan should do what China says and then China won't pitch a hissy fit.

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quercetum, to provoke Senkaku dispute is Japan's strategic blunder. Japan is a victim of Pivot to Asia. Abe made the mistake and Abe has to fix it.

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"will seek to meet the expectations of the international community by developing friendly relations (with China) in a stable manner."

Seems entirely reasonable

warning that Tokyo "cannot accept any attempt to change the status quo" in the waters.

You already have accepted it. You just haven't openly stated your acceptance. Mind you, you're not alone.

I don't think the issue of the SCS is done yet. Much of South East Asia is coming from a position of extreme weakness in relation to China. That won't be the case in future. 260 million Indonesians might have a word or two to say about the future of Asia and ASEAN in particular.

But she said the two sides should nevertheless maintain close communication to enhance mutual trust, while they should properly handle and control their differences.

Sounds good as long as cooperation isn't code for further acquiescence and appeasement.

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basically china sees Abe as a fool, and as he is so stupid, Japan is a target for exploitation.

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Goodlucktoyou, fool is a too heavy word. Not smart is better.

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@akie. actually i wanted to say "puppet of Nippon Kaigi."

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Hardly any scope for improvement is visible in relations after viewing HUA CHUNYING's statement.

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The US will not allow Abe to improve bilateral ties with China and Abe will do as Washington orders. The US is trying to provoke China and wants Japan it support it in military action, that is why Abe wants to buy US military hardware and change the Constitution. wake up Japan before its too late.

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rlperez@hotmail.com.au, When China becomes the No 1, economically and militarily, then Abe will stop bluffing and be sane again. The only problem is it may be too late.

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That won't be the case in future. 260 million Indonesians might have a word or two to say about the future of Asia and ASEAN in particular.

SCS issue have calmed down a bit, especially after the Philippines, under Duterte, went for a different approach to them. Now both countries a growing their economic ties. Less confrontation usually means more earning.

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The US will not allow Abe to improve bilateral ties with China and Abe will do as Washington orders. The US is trying to provoke China and wants Japan it support it in military action, that is why Abe wants to buy US military hardware and change the Constitution. wake up Japan before its too late. (rlperez@hotmail.com.auJan. 24 11:01 pm JST)

And China wants Abe to pull back its alliance with the U.S. and be under Xi's thumb and therefore do as Beijing orders.  China is trying to provoke the U.S. with its aggressive military expansionism in the China Seas and Senkaku Islands, and wants Japan to support it in future military actions against the U.S.

What's wrong with Abe wanting to change the restrictive Article 9 part of the Constitution so Japan can be more self-reliant militarily and less dependent on the U.S. for its protection and be an EQUAL partner in the US-Japan-Australia-India Strategic Alliance?

And what's wrong with Japan buying US military hardware?  I suppose YOU (and your socialist comrades) would be much happier if Japan buys CHINESE military hardware instead and be more dependent on China?

I hope Japan wakes up to China's ulterior motives before its too late.

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Halwick, stop encouraging Japan against China. If Australia wants a war with China, do your best and fight it on your motherland. By the way where is your mother land ?

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Japan is awesome. China, well...

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US-Japan-Australia-India Strategic Alliance?

I don't think India is truly on-board to be honest.

For all the media attention about the Quad a few months ago, it seems to have faded away. I have read nothing about new meetings in 2018.

One of the reasons for that, imo, is that the U.S is targeting H1B visa holders as a category that needs to be dramatically reduced. They are overwhelming Indian, mostly in the tech industry.

There are lot of articles about this online but no truly solid information, although this article on January 3rd doesn't look too promising for India.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/trump-admin-considers-proposal-that-may-send-back-more-than-500000-indian-tech-workers/articleshow/62341416.cms

The Americans really need to learn who their friends are. They bash Canada, Mexico, Japan, Europe, India etc over trade and yet they don't seem to realize, or don't care, that 4 of those 5 are alliance or potential alliance partners. They should focus their attention on Chinese trade infringements and military expansion and harness their allies to help them with that goal by at least toning down the language and at least be willing to looking into multilateral deals like the TPP. There was nothing stopping Trump from at least looking at it. He ruled it out in the first week of office. How would he have even known anything about it at that point? NAFTA isn't the TPP.

Trade issues are one thing. Ultimately you need to know who has your back.

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