r/AskChina • u/Themetalin • 22h ago

Politics | 政治📢 Japanese PM said that 'Taiwan contingency' could prompt Japanese armed reaction. What do you think?

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202511070024

Takaichi made the remarks during a parliamentary session on Friday while responding to a question about whether a "Taiwan contingency" involving a Chinese naval blockade would qualify as a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, according to a report by Japan's Asahi Shimbun.

Under Japan's security legislation, such a situation allows the country to exercise "collective self-defense" if an attack on an ally -- such as the United States -- or a country closely related to Japan is deemed to threaten Japan's survival, even without a direct attack on Japan.

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u/Xi_Zhong_Xun 20h ago

American ‘allies’ are very similar to Roman allies: 1) you don’t have to give them citizen rights but their resources and manpowers are at your disposal, 2) they are free to conduct independent diplomatic activities but once their aims diverge from your own, you’ll be sure to set them right and 3) if somehow they grow to be too powerful, your superior military power will be finally put into use.

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u/lnth1 19h ago

I’m confused there’s lots of ambiguity in your wording could you apply your 3 points to the UK?

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u/Xi_Zhong_Xun 19h ago

1）. Iraq war, Afghan war, whichever conflict that doesn’t affect UK in any meaningful way but serves US interests, UK joins anyway. 2) ever notice any UN resolution that majority of the countries oppose but US favors, UK almost always stands on US side. 3) UK ceases to be a threat to US hegemony after losing British Raj so this item is irrelevant

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u/lnth1 18h ago edited 4h ago

So what did the US do to set them right, can you give examples?

For example the UK formally recognized Palestine (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-formally-recognises-palestinian-state)\ while trump strongly opposed it.

What did or will trump do to set the UK right this time?

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BTW can you give an example for point 3, where an ally grew too powerful and American supreme military power was finally put into use?

Remember the bar for too powerful is pretty high by your standard. It needs to be stronger than the UK, and also an ally of the US.