The U.S. and Japanese leaders issued a joint statement after talks on the 17th, emphasizing the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. This is the first time since 1969 that the U.S. and Japanese leaders issued a joint statement mentioning Taiwan. The front page and inside pages of major Japanese newspapers reported it in a big way.
The U.S. and Japanese leaders issued a joint statement after the summit on the 17th, emphasizing the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Representative to Japan Hsieh Chang-ting said today that it is necessary for Taiwan, the United States and Japan to implement joint exercises as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to respond to emergency situations in Taiwan.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued a joint statement after a summit meeting at the White House on Taiwan time 17, stressing the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. This is the first time since 1969 that the U.S. and Japanese leaders issued a joint statement mentioning Taiwan, and it is also the first time since Japan established diplomatic relations with the Chinese Communist Party in 1972 and broke off diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Taiwan). Japan’s five major newspapers today front page and inside pages of a large report on the matter.
In an interview, Hsieh Chang-ting said, “Whenever you are happy, you are afraid; when you are pleased, you are worried, you have to keep a low profile, this is a big achievement because it is the first time in 52 years.” He recently wrote on Facebook (Facebook), “Such an achievement, during which there are many people from Taiwan, the United States and Japan involved in foreign institutions hard work, the beautiful results are the best affirmation to those who work hard.”
The Japanese news agency Tokio 5 published an exclusive interview with Hsieh Chang-ting on the 1st. Xie Chang-ting said he expects the joint statement of the U.S.-Japan summit to explicitly contain a stop to Chinese (communist) attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force and invade Taiwan, and that peace and security in the region should be maintained.
He said today that what he said in the interview was consistent with the outcome of the U.S.-Japan summit.
Asked by reporters, the current U.S.-China confrontation is severe, the Japanese government’s previous diplomatic attitude is more ambiguous, but the results of this U.S.-Japan summit can be seen that Japan is closer to the U.S. side, what kind of twist is there in it?
Hsieh Chang-ting replied, first of all, the United States and Japan have a security treaty, and Japan can not cope with China (Communist Party) with its individual strength, even to cope with North Korea, there may not be a way, so we have to ally. But Japan has the restrictions of Article 9 of the Constitution, so it still needs to rely on the United States.
Hsieh Chang-ting said, in case there is an emergency in Taiwan and the United States enters the war, what should Japan do? A while ago, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that there is a peace treaty between China and Japan, and Japan should abide by it. But Japan considers the security (alliance) with the United States to be more important.
Xie Changting pointed out that there is a security treaty between the U.S. and Japan, which usually implements drills, and if Japan does not implement the drills, there is no way for Japan to participate in case there is a real problem in Taiwan, and it comes to tangle its hands and feet instead. He believes that Taiwan, the United States and Japan should implement joint exercises as soon as possible, starting with disaster prevention drills. After the implementation of the exercise, only to know what each should be responsible for, in order to divide the work.
Japanese media reported that the U.S.-Japan summit agreed on the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and the role played by Japan has become heavier. There is a proposal within the Japanese government that Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships could pass through the Taiwan Strait in the future to exert pressure on the Chinese (Communist) countries together with the U.S.-based countries.
Japan has a security-related law that allows for the limited exercise of the right to collective self-defense, and the scope of force that can be exercised by the Self-Defense Forces has been expanded. It is generally believed that the U.S. and Japan will discuss how to divide the work and cooperation in case something happens to Taiwan.
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A spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party Foreign Ministry has expressed strong opposition to the U.S.-Japan joint statement. Some Japanese media pointed out that the Chinese (Communist Party) may retaliate. Xie Chang-ting was asked by the media if he had any prediction on where the Chinese (Communist) government would retaliate.
Xie Chang-ting said, “I can’t predict. He believes that basically, peace is a state of stability, and stability is a balance of power, and the recent instability is because the Chinese (Communist) country has become stronger. The United States has been withdrawing for a while, and the year before last proposed an “Asian rebalancing” policy, but hesitated to do so, resulting in an imbalance of power.
He believes that the balance of power is nothing to retaliate against. Now is to quickly strengthen themselves and form alliances with each other. In this regard, the United States is more able to pull alliances, in terms of Asia, there are Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia and other five countries signed a security treaty with the United States. On the other hand, China has only North Korea, but the two sides seem to be at odds with each other. The Chinese (communist) countries must be at a disadvantage when it comes to pulling alliances.
For example, the U.S. has a “Quadrilateral Security Dialogue” (Quad) with Japan, Australia, and India; China (Communist Party) is relying on Russia, but there is actually a big conflict between Russia and China. So in terms of alliances, the power of China (Communist Party) is not so absolute influence.
He pointed out that in fact the United States did not violate the communiqué with the Chinese (Communist) countries. The United States recognizes the one-China principle, but it does not recognize that “Taiwan is part of the People’s Republic of China. It’s just that, in practice, the U.S. has acted as if it respected the PRC in the past. The United States does not accept the accusation that the United States is interfering in its internal affairs.
The leaders of the United States and Japan issued a joint statement after the summit on the 17th, emphasizing the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s representative in Japan, Hsieh Chang-ting, said on the 18th that it is necessary for Taiwan, the United States and Japan to implement joint exercises as soon as possible, otherwise it is difficult to respond to the emergency situation in Taiwan.
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