Category: Sino-Japanese relations

Why do Leftist Media Lose Support in Hong Kong?

Commentary Businessman Herbert Chow Siu-lung, founder and CEO of Chickeeduck, who was harassed by reporters from leftist media Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao at the Hong Kong airport when he was about to depart, told Vision Times: “We should find a way to punish Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po. They are…


Where Will This End? The Limits of Taiwan-Japan Relations

Commentary Where the recent escalation of tensions will end must be a question being asked frequently in the Chinese leadership compound at Zhongnanhai in Beijing. Though unacknowledged by Beijing, China’s increasingly strident verbal and military actions in support of its desire to annex Taiwan, by force if necessary, have resulted in closer Taiwan-Japan relations and…


Tokyo Sends Beijing a Still More Explicit Message (Washington, Too)

Commentary Rising Japanese defense spending, as I wrote last month, has already sent a message to Beijing. In just the last few weeks, Tokyo has made that message still more pointed, for Beijing, to be sure, but also for Washington. Clearly, the future will contain heightened Sino-Japanese hostility and if not a direct confrontation, very…