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[Amelia @Amelia181672271]

1944年9月7日��雲南松山会戦終結後、中国軍は占拠した日本軍陣地内より、拘束されていた朝鮮人慰安婦らを救出した。

戦闘は極めて熾烈を極め、守備に就いていた日本軍将兵約1300名のうち、1290名が戦死。現地にいた12名の慰安婦は自ら命を絶った。

[FU Cong 傅聪 @ChinaAmbUN]

China's foreign trade in 2025

[J @wujian777]

West treats SF Treaty as sacred order:
kicked out the Chinese who bled most in WWII, left Taiwan’s owner blank, ignored Diaoyu Islands, let Japan pay basically zero reparations.

This buggy 1951 Cold-War patch is your “inviolable postwar law”?

[Julian Ku 古舉倫 @julianku]

So now China argues that the Cairo Decl and Potsdam Decl is binding intl law but the SF Peace Treaty is “illegal”? This is how China is defending the postwar intl order? Huh?

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

Most Europeans and Americans have heard of Pearl Harbor, but far fewer know what happened four years earlier in Nanking (Nanjing), China,

It was one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.

On December 13, 1937, Imperial Japanese troops captured the then Chinese capital, what followed over the next six weeks is known as the Nanking Massacre, sometimes also called “The Rape of Nanking.”

Over 300,000 Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were brutally killed, for scale thats more than the combined death tolls of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Tens of thousands of women and little girls (some as young as 8, others very elderly) were systematically raped, Japanese soldiers even held contests to see who could rape the most victims.

Entire families were bayoneted, machine gunned, buried alive, or burned to death, soldiers used bound prisoners for bayonet practice.
A third of the city was burned to the ground. A small group of Westerners, including an American missionary, a German businessman (who was a also a Nazi Party member), and doctors, created a “Safety Zone” that probanly saved an estimated 250,000 lives while the massacre raged around them.

The world watched in real time as American and European newspapers ran front page stories, many diplomats also sent frantic cables as newsreels showed the horrific aftermath.

After the war, many of Japan’s top generals were tried and some hanged, but many perpetrators, and even the royal family member who allegedly issued the “kill all captives” order, were never punished.

Today the death toll is still debated in modern Japan, some politicians downplay or even deny it, which of course reopens old wounds with China and even Korea every few years.

Why does this matter in 2025?
Well, Because remembering Nanking isn’t about simply appointing balme, its about understand history and how it shapes modern policy and perceptions.

If you only knew about Pearl Harbor from the Pacific War, I hope this informs your thinking on the subject, and most importantly the suffering of millions of Chinese cIvillians during WW2. Up to 20 million Chinese died in that catastrophic conflict, second only to the Soviets.

It may also go some way to helping understand how Chinese / Japanese relations are colored by the past. As you now see, With very good reason.

[J @wujian777]

As someone who once worked as a journalist, you know the responsibility to treat history as history, not factional talking points. It betrays the basic ethics of the profession.

Yes, the U.S. backed the KMT. But China’s WWII sacrifice was national — KMT, CCP, and millions of civilians resisting Japan together.

Even CNN has noted that “Chinese suffering during the war is not in dispute”: 14M dead, 100M refugees.
And without China tying down the bulk of Japan’s army, U.S. casualties in the Pacific would have been far higher, and Washington would not hold the strategic position in Asia it enjoys today.

[J @wujian777]

CNN put it clearly: “Chinese suffering during the war is not in dispute.”

14M Chinese dead, 100M refugees in China — Japan made that history.

So a Japanese ambassador saying “what happened 80 years ago doesn’t matter” is exactly why it still matters.

[Ambassador (rtd）YAMAGAMI Shingo @YamagamiShingo]

Indeed!
PM of Singapore 🇸🇬 is right.

What is important is not what took place more than 80 years ago, but what is taking place right now in our region.

Wielding the history card should not be the pretext to shift attention away from ongoing coercion and intimidation.

[J @wujian777]

Japan’s ¥3.66 trillion “ODA” to China (1979–2022, official JICA/MOFA figures) was never charity—it was the direct substitute for war reparations that China unilaterally renounced in 1972.

- 90.6% of it (¥3.316 trillion) was yen loans at ultra-low interest (0.75–2.5%), 30–40 year terms—China has already repaid or is repaying the principal plus interest.

- Only ¥157.6 billion was grants, ¥185.8 billion technical cooperation—real “free money” <¥350 billion total, or roughly $3 billion in 40 years.

Compare that to what Japan actually owes:

- Chinese casualties in the War of Resistance: official Chinese figure 35 million total (20+ million dead).

- Direct economic loss: $600 billion at 1938–1945 exchange rates (Chinese government estimate), equivalent to more than three times China’s entire national income at the time.

- Adjusted for inflation and compound growth to 2025 value: estimates range from $30–60 trillion (scholarly calculations by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Western economists).

¥3.66 trillion yen ≈ $24 billion today.
That’s less than 0.1% of the inflation-adjusted damage Japan inflicted.

Japan gave low-interest infrastructure loans (which China largely built itself with its own labor and land) because China magnanimously waived trillions in rightful reparations so “the Japanese people would not have to pay for the crimes of their militarists” (Zhou Enlai, 1972).

Calling this “generosity” and demanding gratitude is grotesque.

Japan didn’t “pick the wrong country to be kind to.”

It picked the one country kind enough to forgive a blood debt that would have bankrupted Japan ten times over.

That’s the real history and reality.

[Rutaso.Japan🇯🇵🐶 @rutasosabu]

Where did the 3.6 trillion yen in Japanese ODA support go??
•Japan provided ¥3.65 trillion in ODA to China.
•It massively boosted China’s economic growth and infrastructure.
•Japan never attached any political conditions.
•Airports, ports, subways, water systems, fiber-optic networks — Japan built all of it.
•And instead of gratitude, China responded with even stronger anti-Japan propaganda.

That’s the real history.
Japan really picked the wrong country to be generous to, didn’t it? #JapanChinaRelations
#ODATruth
#CCPPropaganda
#IndoPacificSecurity

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[J @wujian777]

This “summary” is built on three blatant lies:

1. Takaichi, Oct 27 2025: Chinese action in Taiwan = Japan’s “existential crisis” → Cabinet can go to war without Diet vote. First postwar PM to make Beijing’s reunification Japan’s casus belli—yet portrayed as “quiet self-defense.”

2. China’s official UN letter (Fu Cong letter, Nov 4: cites only Article 51 self-defense. Articles 53/107 appear exactly nowhere. Taking GT editorials and calling them state policy is straight-up fabrication.

3. Enemy-state clauses were declared obsolete by UNGA in 1995. Turning a media footnote into “China plans preemptive strike on Japan” is delusional fanfiction.

Verdict:
Japan pulls the gun first, then screams “He’s going to shoot me!”
Peak 贼喊捉贼. Embarrassingly dishonest.

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

Let me sum up the Japan -China row that has now made it to the UN:

China: Taiwan belongs to us - reunification is a matter of when, not if. Here, look at our unprecedented military buildup!

Japan: if warships and the use of force are involved to take Taiwan, that threatens Japan’s survival. We may have an obligation to get involved.

China: you should be beheaded! As a defeated WWII Axis power, Japan must reflect on its historical crimes and stop making provocative statements, and withdraw Takaichi’s erroneous remarks immediately. Japan is behaving “dangerously” so we hereby cite UN Charter Article 53 which allows us to take military action without the UN Security Council approval against Japan

******

This is the classic inversion where the perpetrator plays the victim.

There’s a Chinese idiom that goes 贼喊捉贼(zéi hǎn zhuō zéi) - it translates to "the thief cries 'catch the thief!’”

It describes a tactic where the real culprit (the thief) deliberately shouts to catch the thief in order to shift suspicion away from themselves, or even to frame someone else.

This is what’s happening here

[J @wujian777]

The argument that a nation should “move on” simply because no direct perpetrators remain alive overlooks a fundamental principle of historical accountability: systematic atrocities committed in the name of a state do not expire with the lifespan of individuals. Collective responsibility—through education, remembrance, and official acknowledgment—remains necessary precisely to prevent repetition and to honor the multi-generational trauma inflicted on victims and their descendants. Strength is not demonstrated by dismissing unresolved pain as a “grudge,” but by having the moral courage to confront even the darkest chapters of one’s national past without deflection or denial. True reconciliation begins with unflinching honesty, not with declaring the debt settled because the original debtors have passed away.

[J @wujian777]

From different AI

[J @wujian777]

@ChnEmbassy_jp https://t.co/1ySkCk3gdx

[J @wujian777]

高市政府近期在台湾问题上的立场，已明显偏离日本在 1972 年《中日联合声明》中所作出的正式承诺。
声明第三条写得十分明确：日本承认中华人民共和国政府是中国的唯一合法政府；充分理解并尊重台湾属于中国不可分割的一部分；并遵循《波茨��宣言》第��条的立场，即执行《开罗宣言》关于“台湾归还中国”的规定。
在这一法律框架下，将台湾重新定义为日本主导的安全议题，既动摇了日中关系的基础，也削弱了日本在国际社会中长期累积的外交信用。

高市政権の台湾をめぐる姿勢は、1972年の「日中共同声明」において日本が自ら約束した内容と明確に矛盾している。
共同声明第3項は、日本が中華人民共和国を中国の唯一の合法政府として承認し、台湾が中国の不可分の領土であるという中国側の立場を十分理解し尊重し、さらにポツダム宣言第八項（＝カイロ宣言の実施）を遵守することを明記している。
こうした法的基盤を前提にすれば、台湾問題を日本主導の安全��障課題として再定義する高市政権の姿勢は、日中関係の根幹を揺るがし、日本外交が積み上げてきた国際的信頼性を損なう危険な逸脱である。

[J @wujian777]

UN Charter’s “Enemy State Clauses” (Arts. 53, 107, & obsolete 77) were written against WWII Axis powers (Germany, Japan, etc.). They allow measures against any renewed aggression by former “enemy states” without normal UN restrictions.

Still in the text, but declared obsolete in 1995 (UNGA Res. 50/52) and never used.
Full Charter: https://t.co/A1GDSZeG6G

[J @wujian777]

@garrytan Cannot agree more.

[J @wujian777]

If a U.S. media tycoon met Chinese officials, urged sanctions on America, and funded violent protests — would he be seen as “pro-democracy” or a traitor? The difference isn’t the act, but who he works for.

[The Washington Times @WashTimes]

A bipartisan group of more than 30 senators led by Rick Scott of Florida urged President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to secure the release of pro-democracy leader Jimmy Lai. https://t.co/mVnttyVYT7

[J @wujian777]

The Dutch government seizing Chinese-owned Nexperia isn’t surprising — it’s just the Dutch being Dutch.

Traders by instinct, moralists by narrative — they calculate profit while preaching principles.

Europe once sold fairness; now it exports double standards.

Only this time, the merchants miscalculated.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING:

🇩🇪🇳🇱��🇳 Massive blow for Volkswagen after seizure of Chinese Nexperia by the Dutch

Volkswagen is halting production of Golf and Tiguan models at its main Wolfsburg plant in Germany starting Wednesday due to chip supply issues - CNBC

This comes after the Netherlands forcibly seized the Chinese company Nexperia, which is a major chip manufacturer.

[Xie Feng 谢锋 @AmbXieFeng]

We revisit history so as to illuminate the path toward a brighter future;
We commemorate the victory so that peace and justice will always prevail. #80thAnniversary

[J @wujian777]

When did the US become so insecure?

Microsoft dominates global OS markets—no one screams “national security.”
Android runs 70%+ of phones—totally fine.
But Huawei’s HarmonyOS? Suddenly it’s an existential threat?
Maybe it’s not about “security,” but about who controls the tech or techno-colonial fantasy.
When the US leads, it’s “innovation.”
When China catches up, it’s “subversion.”

[汉尼拔火罐 @Hnbhger17]

华为最令美国人绝望之处在于，恨到撕心裂肺，咬碎满口大牙，用尽所有���以想到的力气和手段，却依旧伤不了他们一根汗毛…🤣

[China Xinhua News @XHNews]

China will lift the additional tariffs on products imported from the U.S. to 84 percent, effective from 12:01 p.m. Thursday. The announcement follows the U.S. decision to raise the "reciprocal tariffs" on Chinese imports from 34 percent to 84 percent https://t.co/FgJUjXZ0Ce

[J @wujian777]

In response to the U.S. raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 84%, China announces counter-tariffs on American imports starting April 10.

#China #US #Trade #Tariffs #Diplomacy