Japan Defense Ministry is worrying about the lack of transparency in China national defense policies and the direction of China military power. The ministry said that it's a great concern for the security for The Asian region and the international community.The report also cites unsettling moves by Chinese submarines and destroyers.Conflicting claims to territorial waters and islands -- and the natural resources that go with them -- are one of the Asia-Pacific region's flash-points. China disputes most of its neighbors' claims and claims nearly the entire South China Sea as its own. Officials said that The US is key in protecting Japan against any attack.
The emergence of China as the second economy after the United States and the decline of Japan economy growth plays a fundamental role in power balance in the Asian region. China is seeking for military power for securing its growth and to capture natural resources in the Asian area. This is a situation that Japan won't accept but Japan can be the loser in this battle anyway. Japan 's security depends on US military power, and it's clear that the influence of China in Asian region can weaken US influence in this region. Even if China decides to control the Island, Japan can protest and Japan will accept but Japan won't wage war against China, either the US. Economic power and capabilities of China will be the leverage that China can use to contain the US in supporting Japan even these two countries are allies. The big question in this problem is the race for military power in the region to counter balance China influence between India, Japan and US.
We can imagine a race for nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines by all the countries in the Asian region. The aggressiveness of China is also a big issue in the area. There is a new slogan that Pekin is using: China will protect its vital interest wherever they are. In this anarchy world, this kind of issues can affect the world stability.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/japan.china.paper/index.html?iref=obinsite
The emergence of China as the second economy after the United States and the decline of Japan economy growth plays a fundamental role in power balance in the Asian region. China is seeking for military power for securing its growth and to capture natural resources in the Asian area. This is a situation that Japan won't accept but Japan can be the loser in this battle anyway. Japan 's security depends on US military power, and it's clear that the influence of China in Asian region can weaken US influence in this region. Even if China decides to control the Island, Japan can protest and Japan will accept but Japan won't wage war against China, either the US. Economic power and capabilities of China will be the leverage that China can use to contain the US in supporting Japan even these two countries are allies. The big question in this problem is the race for military power in the region to counter balance China influence between India, Japan and US.
We can imagine a race for nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines by all the countries in the Asian region. The aggressiveness of China is also a big issue in the area. There is a new slogan that Pekin is using: China will protect its vital interest wherever they are. In this anarchy world, this kind of issues can affect the world stability.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/japan.china.paper/index.html?iref=obinsite
I think this transparency problem of China is just an excuse for the U.S. to interfere with this region, the U.S. to know about what China is doing, because, as everybody know China keeps everything low-key (in secrets) nobody know what they're doing with the military power but themselves. So the U.S. wants to maintain their power or influence on this region, because the balance power is like changing I mean the U.S is powerful with its economy, and China because of its population, so the biggest fear is that China is growing and that power balance can be change.
ReplyDeleteSo I agree with the fact that the officials are saying that the U.S. is a key in protecting Japan, because it is, since Japan against China and the U.S. is friend with Japan, that's the chance when the U.S can interfere through Japan and try to be the hero, settle down the conflict about China wanting to expand its territory.
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ReplyDeleteThe reason why China keeps everything low-key is that China doesn't want to be hampered by the development of its capablities, let's say, investment in the development of nuclear weapons. If China made it known to the world, then its development of nuclear weapons would be really difficult because China would be criticized. Another reason of China's being low-key is that China could do anything in the interest of itself before being discovered. Finally, the race for military power between China and Japan is more likely to develop for themselves, for not only China has emerged as the second economic superpower after the United State, but also Japan's ecomic relis heavily on export. Therefore, if China attacked all of the ports in Japan, Japan's economy would suddenly collapse. Althought Japan allied with US, US would be less likely to fight with China if China attacked Japan, for if US wants the bigest market in the world US would make the best decision instead of going to war with China.
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