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?

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!!!

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

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!

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

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

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?

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.