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0 pointshayst4ck3y ago0 comments

Can you break that down? I am not sure I understand what you mean.

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They're different countries with entirely different relationships to the PRC.

"On entire other sides of the globe" is a pretty strong statement. Japan is a vassal state of the US and Taiwan's independence from China relies wholly on US support. Chinese citizens (at least the ones I questioned) have no love for Japanese. There are even talks of a Pacific NATO between Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and the Phillipines, with Taiwan being the clear Ukraine parallel. South Korea is probably politically like Germany (primarily self interested), Japan is probably politically like the UK (sees the bigger picture).

l33t2333723y ago

Japan is by no means a Vassal states. It has the third largest GDP in the world, and is a major player in its own right, although you are correct in asserting that it is militarily comparable with far less wealthy nations.

rat873y ago

Japan is not a vassal state. It's a powerful country that's an ally of the US.

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