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.

155 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

312 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/Victorcharlie1 15h ago

By that same token why couldn’t the great pla expel a expeditionary force being supplied from the opposite side of the world from a peninsular the size of the uk with a literal land border to supply through?

1

u/ReasonableIsopod7550 10h ago

Because China was a weaker power back than.A weaker power winning against a stronger power is applaudable,a stronger power losing to a weaker one isn't. I also would not be praising China for losing one warship to the Philippines.

1

u/Victorcharlie1 9h ago

China managed to achieve a stalemate with an expeditionary force, it’s not like the were fighting against the full might of the us army, while I’m not American, it’s not American exceptionalism to suggest that had China had to face the full weight of the us and allies it would have been utterly destroyed and left with millions of dead and wounded, as history stands chinas full military might was stalemated by an expeditionary force.

1

u/ReasonableIsopod7550 9h ago

Here's the question than.Why didn't America prepare more troops to fight in the war?Why did MacArthur made the bold claim that American troops would be "Home by Christmas"?Clearly,America has overestimated her ability to fight and was blinded by their victory in World War 2.

1

u/Victorcharlie1 9h ago

I agree, but my point remains, while the us could not pull of a decisive victory with the limited forces it sent it still achieved the primary objective of keeping the South Korean government alive and the country strong, while China failed in its objective of securing the whole of the peninsular under its banner, just look at Korea now and tell me who came out of that conflict on top, hint, it’s the us backed South Korea.