The advertising effect of the Koizumi family was so potent that financial institutions flocked to lend significant sums to projects that had no substance.
To recall, Taiwan was the first to report the detection of "a virus similar to SARS" in the Wuhan area, but because of China's influence, the WHO ignored Taiwan's information.
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Japan has made a historical step 76 years after the end of World War II. On April 21, it officially launched a parliamentary alliance supporting Southern (Inner) Mongolia.
Reaction to China’s Assimilation Policy
The formation of the alliance was triggered by the Chinese government’s abolition of Mongolian language education from fall 2020.
Under the move, schools in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region (IMAR) have been instructed to switch from lessons conducted in Mongolian to teaching in Mandarin.
However, in response, Inner Mongolians living in the region have come together and organized protest movements. There has been support from Mongolia and beyond. Inner Mongolians living in Japan, the U.S., and Europe, have voiced their opposition.
Japan has finally taken action by establishing a Parliamentary group concerned with China's suppression of human rights in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.
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South Korea under President Moon Jae In has rejected value-oriented diplomacy. A U.S.-South Korea summit on May 21 has led me to conclude so.
Refraining From Criticizing China by Name
First, China was not named in the U.S.-ROK leaders’ joint statement. In contrast, the U.S.-Japan leaders’ joint statement, released on April 16 during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit to Washington, named China five times and directly criticized China two times.
“President Biden and Prime Minister Suga… shared their concerns over Chinese activities that are inconsistent with the international rules-based order, including the use of economic and other forms of coercion,” the U.S.-Japan statement said. “We reiterated our objections to China’s unlawful maritime claims and activities in the South China Sea,” it continued.