The following is the Japanese Ministry of Defense 2022 White Paper Defense of Japan released this week. From the report The international community is currently facing its greatest trial since WWII. It is not an exaggeration to say that we have entered a new period of crisis in the twenty-first century. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine […]
In an August 12 Wall Street Journal report, Chinese sources contend that in their July 28 phone call, United States President Joe Biden was told by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping (習近平) that “he had no intention of going to war with the US” over House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s then upcoming visit to Taiwan. However, there should be global alarm that Xi did use that visit to begin the CCP’s active war against democracy in Taiwan and globally, and that the Biden Administration’s response has been insufficient. To hear CCP officials, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) spokesmen, and a
Kishida said it was important to gain people’s trust and that the new Cabinet included only those who agreed to strictly review their ties to the Unification Church.
"The level of distrust is the highest it has been in 50 years," said Bonnie Glaser, China expert at the German Marshall Fund. "Both sides have an enormous stake in stopping the downward spiral, and perhaps this will be a wakeup call that they need to do so."
The U.S. House speaker and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida both denounced China’s ongoing military drills near Taiwan, underscoring Japan’s security concerns.