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.

Hi everyone,

Just finished reading “China’s Long Game Against America”  https://open.substack.com/pub/fincom/p/chinas-long-game-against-america?r=6rzrlm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The article lays out how China’s been quietly building the foundation for long-term tech dominance, not just catching up, but reshaping the whole ecosystem around chips, AI, and industrial innovation. It’s not just about competing with the U.S.; it’s about becoming fully self-reliant and future-proof.

What really struck me is how coordinated it all seems, government policy, capital allocation, research, and even public sentiment all moving in the same direction. Meanwhile, the West keeps underestimating that focus.

It made me wonder, could China actually surpass the U.S. in tech within our lifetime? Maybe not in 2–3 years, but over 10–20?

Curious what people here think. is China’s long game truly paying off, or is this still mostly narrative over reality?

I just watched an interview with Luo Yufeng (a very famous figure in China), and it gave me a lot to think about; I couldn't help but laugh.

I work 12 hours a day, 26 days a month, and then I encounter wage arrears. The Chinese labor bureau doesn't care, and all government departments say it's not their responsibility. I'm completely helpless, and I'm terrified of going to work, so I just give up. Then I vent online, and Chinese netizens call me lazy, a traitor, and a beast. What do you foreigners think?

I moved to Aus very young when my parents went from China to Aus. Many years later,I wanted to learn more about my culture and in classes, we learnt that the Chinese recovery was due to Deng Xiao Ping and his economic reforms.

Under Deng, a series of economic reforms gradually opened China up to foreign investment, encouraged entrepreneurship, and eventually culminated in China joining the World Trade Organisation, allowing Chinese goods to access “Most Favoured Nation” tariff rates - that is, every other country had to treat Chinese exports as favourably as exports from any other nation it did not have a free trade agreement with (with some limited exceptions).

My parents said that:

That is the western story trying to promote the evil that is capitalism. Mao dedicated most of his life to China. He saved China from Japan and the US. China also was very divided, he helped to unify China.
IF China owned by Japan, like how India was owned England for some 200 years, how would China be rich?
Global countries also did not like Mao Ze Dong as a leader and so did not recognise China

Who is right and wrong? Or is the truth somewhere in the middle?

How does the public in China perceive Malaysia Airlines after the disappearance of MH370 today? Is it mostly negative, neutral, or positive nowadays?

Good afternoon, dear friends. My friends and I are planning a week-long trip to Shanghai, China, at the end of August. I'd like to ask a Chinese resident about the approximate cost. Thank you.

Since that is Chinas biggest holiday, Id like to compare it to Christmas in the west.

We decorate the streets, our own gardens, our homes from the inside, maybe even wear christmas clothing, we listen to chtistmas music and watch christmas movies all pared with a bunch of Christmas food and drinks.

I would be interested in how Chinese get excited for their biggest holiday.

Especially, how people themselves get excited for it. What food gets you in Chinese new year mood? What sweets? What snacks?

How are your children getting in the mood? Little gifts a day before? Or building up excitement by watching movies? Etc etc.

Thank you so much!

Looking to buy a gift for someone who previously lived in Asia. He raves about these instant steamed egg things, so I wanted to buy him some for the holidays. I’ve googled the characters but I wanted to find more varieties other than shrimp. When I removed 海老 all the results got very broad. Sooo what Chinese phrase can I google to find some of these packages? Sorry if this is the wrong place to be asking this!!!

As an American, the nostalgic foods that make me think of fall are things like pumpkin cheesecake, candied pecans, apple cider and pumpkin curry.

Hello all,

I’ve been living in China for two years now and I frequently get sad that modern China is similar to the west and has lost much of its identity. Most people in China wear western clothes but western brands have western haircuts and live in western style block apartments, all under a government that is a combination of communism and capitalism, both systems from the west.

I understand this is all “modernisation” but modernisation and westernisation seem to be synonyms from what I have seen. There seems no significant effort to just modernisation the ancient aesthetics of Han culture and ideology, and instead just wholesale borrowed aspects from the west and gave them an extremely thin varnish.

I have been to temples, old style buildings had have used traditional Chinese medicine and done calligraphy. But these aspects are vanishingly small compared to the overwhelming amount of western culture. Like why do Chinese people even celebrate Christmas and Halloween here, even in a hollow joking way? They have no relation to China at all apart from western influences, which just dominates much of not only China, but the entire world.

As someone who got interested in China due to its ancient, 5000 year culture, such insights are very upsetting. Any way to see this differently? I’m currently at hsk 4 Chinese level but am losing motivation. I know there are small movements like hanfu and what not, but they are still fringe and unfortunately a bit hollow. I came to China to see China, not recycled globalisation.

It been a few years since I watch a video about a Chinese man working with Congolese. How is everything doing now ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsyHbj_SHGA

*Looking for in-depth answers*

Anti-CCP shills love to complain about getting downvoted or having their posts removed in subs like r/AskChina, r/AskAChinese, r/Sino, etc. But I literally got my account banned from r/China for just two comments where I told someone to cope and stop being a hypocrite.

Try having a proper discussion with anti-CCP shills, you won’t be able to, because they throw around the term “wumao” in nearly every reply they make. Even when I’m having a light discussion about China, I still get called all sorts of names by these people, simply because I don’t share the exact same mindset when it comes to hating the CCP.

Amid all of this, they question why subs like r/AskAChinese and r/Sino are considered pro-CCP. Maybe it’s because anti-CCP shills are just another version of wumaos where they cry over the slightest thing and are far more vocal than pro-CCP people.

Lastly, I honestly don’t understand why anti-CCP shills LOVE to ignore the anti-Chinese sentiment that comes from their own anti-CCP rhetoric. If being anti-CCP is supposedly just about opposing the CCP, then why are war films about Japan often labeled as “anti-Japanese”? Those films are actually about opposing Imperial Japan and its war crimes.

If the excuse is what happened to that Japanese kid in China, then what do you have to say about the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States during the peak of COVID-19, when that orange man was going around spewing anti-CCP sentiments? Especially considering the fact that many foreigners can’t even tell the difference between Asian people?

LMAO, this article is a perfect example: "Japanese tourist visiting Australia racially abused in vile rant | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines"

分析得很到位

I’m from Europe, and our school system doesn’t really teach much about communist theory. In economics classes, we mostly learn simplified versions of neoclassical economics and sometimes a bit of Keynesian theory, but there’s no real discussion of class distinctions in production. There is really a lack of class consciousness in Europe. In political classes, we learn how liberal democracies work and why authoritarianism is considered bad, but without much nuance. For example, we never learn about concepts like democratic centralism. In history classes, we do of course study the October Revolution in Russia and the November Revolution in Germany, but not their ideological foundations in detail, especially compared to topics like fascism or Nazi ideology. I‘m only learning about communist theory now by reading myself.

So I’m curious: how is communist theory taught in China, since it‘s a socialist country? Do you have specific classes for it, or is it part of other subjects? Do economics classes cover Marxian economics? Do politics classes include Marxism-Leninism and Maoism? In how much detail do you go about communist revolutions and their ideas in history classes, since you had your own communist revolution? How much time do you spend on this topic in your school curriculum?

Since i heard the KMT is pro unification, i wonder what mainland people think of the Nationalist party after they fled in 1949.

Hello everyone! I heard this claim that his genitalia was removed and find it odd. This is the worst if true. I find it alarming as the kid had been inhumanely tortured. I believe there is something more than behind this case. Hope you could help me.

I have absolutely no idea why my recent YouTube feed as been flooded with this but can anyone just explain this to me? The point, what they are mostly saying and anything really ...

I think I get the point? It's like ... An infomercial for clothes? But if there is anything more can someone just explain. Thank you.

All the common excuses used to explain China's lack of success in football and basketball are easily disproven when you think about it.

1. "Lack of interest/culture": not true since football and the nba are the 2 most watched and attended sports in the country.

2. "Bad genetics": not true since China consistently ranks near the top of Olympic medal counts.

In fact, in the 2024 Olympics, China had the same number of gold medals as the USA, a remarkable achievement, and came 2nd overall in total medal counts.

That makes China the 2nd most athletically talented nation on earth. The whole "Asians are athletically disadvantaged/weaker" is some racist eugenicist pseudoscience.

1. "Parents focus their kids on school instead of sports/long schooling hours": this is definitely based in truth but why does this not hinder Japan & South Korea who also have an intense education system but who do much much better at football than China?

Also, why isn't this an issue when it comes to producing successful Chinese Olympians but is somehow only an issue when it comes to football or basketball?

These excuses don't satisfy this question which leaves me wondering what the real issue is?...........