amunra1968
86 posts
@NikolaTesla2010 Now that's what I call Taiwan Independence, Taiwan is truly self dependent
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@commiepommie US very well knows that Japan can only be use as a puppet state aka proxy to serve it's interest when required. US will never forget pearl harbour and the pacific war letting Japan loose is a big no no
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🇯🇵🇺🇸 Japan just got absolutely humiliated by its own closest ally: The timing couldn’t be better either 🇨🇳
The President’s Air Force One arrived in Beijing on the 13th May, 2026, for Trump’s initial state visit to China in nine years. Tokyo was skipped entirely and not even a video call was made. Trump had trade deals and an Iran ceasefire on his agenda and Japan simply wasn’t part of the equation.
Nikkei Asia revealed significant news today. From February onwards, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and her cabinet were relentlessly pressuring Washington through a combination of bribes, pleas, incentives and lobbying to ensure Trump’s initial destination was Tokyo.
The plan was to get him in a room, push the usual “China military threat” script and lock in Japan’s hardline positions on the Taiwan Strait and Diaoyu Islands before Washington sat down with Beijing.
They put together quite a package. Extra cash for US troops in Japan, bigger US farm imports and a US$15 billion arms shopping list thrown in as a sweetener. Takaichi wanted to steer the whole thing, pushing record defence spending, Tomahawk missiles, hypersonic weapons and turning “Taiwan contingency” into Japan’s own survival crisis.
She genuinely believed she could shape the US-China agenda and pull America firmly onto Japan’s anti-China bandwagon.
The result? Absolutely nothing… Just crickets chirping in the night.
Iran’s conflict mattered more to Washington. Trump needs tangible wins with China, not Tokyo’s ideological agenda. Letting Japan set the terms would have poisoned the atmosphere before any deal got started. So the decision was made: skip Tokyo and go straight to Beijing.
This wasn’t a scheduling issue. It’s a clear sign that Japan’s long-running “use America to contain China” strategy is falling apart. For decades Tokyo has been the willing frontman, hosting US bases, running trade wars on China, rewriting history textbooks, pushing anti-China sentiment, all while assuming it was an equal partner in the arrangement. But it was not.
Washington uses Japan when it needs noise and has done so for decades. But when it needs results with Beijing, Japan sits on the sidelines.
It has already gained traction on Japanese social media. Online comparisons show Trump looking relaxed and engaged with Chinese leaders, unlike the typical awkward photo opportunities in Tokyo. Even those in Japan who vote are starting to wonder about the alliance’s benefits.
Takaichi’s government played a big hand and lost. Rather than a boost in the polls, the leaked story has opposition parties calling it a diplomatic failure and business leaders warning that further deterioration in China ties will hit Japanese companies hard.
From my perspective in China, the message is simple. The US prioritises its own interests, and this has always been the case. Meaningful interaction with Beijing is paramount at this moment, and no third party should intervene.
Japan faces a choice: continue emphasizing threats and increasing military spending, or acknowledge the undeniable fact that China’s presence is permanent. Relying solely on American support is only viable as long as America prioritises it.
Japan must make the decision.
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🚨 Watch this video carefully.
Presidet Trump is trying to look him in the eyes while speaking, but Xi Jinping can’t even meet his gaze.
That shows just how much Xi fears President Trump.
Rapid Response 47@RapidResponse47
President Trump stands with President Xi Jinping on the steps of the Great Hall of the People at the conclusion of the official arrival ceremony 🎥: @MargoMartin47
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@bharatvarsha03 I thought you guys are boasting that you are a million year ahead of China!
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India is not relevant to the world anymore
Here’s yet more proof
Sushant Singh@SushantSin
More surprising is that Beijing is not sending another high level MOFA official for it but delegating it to the ambassador in New Delhi.
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@IndianGems_ The entire country cannot be trusted what do you expect
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He came to power by promising to erase corruption in India. Twelve years into it, rate him out of 10 on eliminating corruption.
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@D162Michele Well America sure do one thing for free "steal from the world"
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This guy didn’t even flinch… and the plane is roaring loud
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@AngelicaOung Once a dog always a dog, you will be wagging your tail even after your are beaten up by your master. You worship your masters like god after serving you poop & with poop filled breath bark against those who treat you well. I apologies to all the dogs they have better dignity.
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This is President Lai Ching-te kneeling at a statue of a Japanese engineer who built a dam in Taiwan while it was a colony of Japan.
« We are grateful to the Japanese for their contributions to Taiwan. Japanese and Taiwanese are family. When we drink water, we think of the source. The Ushantou dam is a sentimental connection between Japan and Taiwan. »
So there you go. According to Lai China can do what they want. In a few generations, the Taiwanese will be grateful and unctuous even to their colonizers who treated them like second-class citizens as long as they build some infrastructure. The Chinese knows how to do that, right?
Taiwan News@TaiwanNewsEN
Deputy foreign minister says Taiwan will never accept Chinese annexation taiwannews.com.tw/news/6360160
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Trump failed to make Iran sign the deal. Now he's visiting China to beg Xi Jinping to pressure Iran to sign the deal but he's missing something... China isn't stupid.
It was Trump's aim to cripple China especially economically by attacking Chinese companies like Huawei. Trump isn't an ally and China is also being strategic.
Now, it's China's turn to do nothing that will benefit the US. Pressure Iran to sign the deal so that Trump won't get impeached?? Hell nah!!
China will continue to support Iran because a stronger Iran is a more secure China, and Russia has also realised that and started arming Iran as fast as it could for more secured Russia.
Trump should wrap it up and give up.
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@Wyi_Gaius After Ukraine, the playbooks are clear. China will not play into America's game, the ones that are jumping crazy & barking like rabid dogs are the one screaming they are in deep sh*t! Why the insistence to visit China if you are winning, doesn't take a genius to figure out.
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@commiepommie This weasel will be used and disposed of by Japan and the US, no good end will come to this fella
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🇹🇼Taiwan's Leader Lai Ching-te just knelt in front of a Japanese colonial statue and told Taiwan to be grateful to Japan 🤯🇯🇵
On May 8th, at Tainan’s Wushantou Reservoir, the leader paid respects to Hatta Yoichi, the Japanese engineer behind colonial infrastructure.
He knelt before the bronze statue, laid flowers and declared that Taiwan should express its thanks to Japan. He referred to Hatta as “one of us” and “family.” Japanese officials in the crowd shouted “Lai-san” and even Abe Shinzo’s widow was there smiling.
It is hard to miss the message there. 👀
The official account fails to mention the following. Hatta wasn’t a neutral benefactor, he was a key part of Tokyo’s “Agriculture Taiwan and Industry Japan” setup. During the period of Japanese administration, Taiwan experienced a reported 208% increase in rice production, while local consumption of rice decreased by 23%. Instead of feeding Taiwanese families, the surplus was exported to Japan. Sweet potatoes served as a primary food source for the populace, supporting the empire.
Lai understands the personal sacrifices involved more than many others. Lai Chao-chin, his father, was a miner in Ruifang when the “Ruifang Incident” occurred in 1940. Accused of being “anti-Japanese,” he was arrested, tortured by Japanese police and saw over a hundred coworkers die under brutal interrogation. He almost didn’t make it.
Despite this, the son is on his knees, publicly lauding Japan and its history of colonization. There is an element of historical amnesia, or a conscious decision to forget, in this act regarding the 600,000 to 650,000 Taiwanese who perished during the 50-year Japanese occupation due to massacres, suppression, forced labour and colonial violence. It’s one thing to forget what happened to his people. But pushing this kind of historical whitewash is something Chinese people on both sides of the strait should never do.
This is a classic example of DPP historical laundering. Reframing colonial exploiters as “Taiwan benefactors” does more than just appease Tokyo. You deliberately attempt to cut off the collective Chinese historical lineage, presenting a half-century of Japanese control as a period of prosperity while conveniently forgetting the issues of comfort women, land seizures, oppressive campaigns and resource exploitation. It’s all so you can create a “Taiwan identity” that considers Japan and, by extension, Washington as its spiritual patrons, instead of the mainland across the strait.
Mainland voices are calling it what it is: 认贼作父. Recognising thieves as fathers. Such a move is only rational if your complete political endeavour relies on historical revisionism to support separation.
The infrastructure still works today; nobody is arguing that. The problem is selective memory and the shameless political weaponisation of it all.
Lai has prior experience with this, but performing the full kneel-and-gratitude demonstration now, amidst current cross-strait tensions, sends a clear message: the current administration’s concept of “Taiwan” is increasingly based on honouring the colonial power that once viewed the island as a resource to exploit.
History has a long memory. The Chinese people, on both sides of the strait, remember who built what and for whom.
When will the DPP realise that betraying historical truth for short-term geopolitical cuddles only digs the hole deeper?
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