2002
1 Increasing visibility: Chinaâs belligerence against nations that it thinks are its rivals has coincided with efforts to increase its military power. AP
Abhijit Bhattacharyya
Author and Commentator
NOTE the ferocious, uncivilised words of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) media video platform Xigua: “We will use nuke bombs first, we will use nuke bombs continuously. We will do this until Japan declares unconditional surrender for the second time.”
Japan has been singled out as a nation to be threatened because two weeks ago, Taro Aso, its Deputy Prime Minister, had said: “Japan must defend Taiwan.” Isn’t there an uncanny similarity with the war cry of Roman senator Cato the Censor (234-149 BC): “I consider that Carthage must be destroyed”?