Just when I am celebrating the coming of a early Spring in Sino-Japan Relations, and a possible summer for Chinese tourist industry, Japan's Shinzo Abe went to Europe and told everyone to not sell weapons to the Chinese, no wonder Beijing is angry again.
The decade long arms embargo to China, is a result of 1989 Tiananmen massacre, when EU and Americans rushed to put sanctions over China. However, the no more pressures on democracy, this time, Japan's concern(also shared by Americans such as Condi Rice)is all about China's military buildup, which worries Tokyo a great deal. No top of the North Korea's nuclear tests, Beijing seems to be a bigger threat to the Japanese leaders.
China lushed out against Abe's "bad mouth", even with his photogenic pose with Germany's Merkel, a popular figure with China, it didn't help too much. China MoFA(ministry of Foreign Affairs) spokesman said, the arms sells has nothing to do with japan, and China's buildup won't hurt Japan, China has strongly protested.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
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