The Okinawa vassal state
Posted by ampontan on Saturday, July 14, 2012
IT’S a blessing from the gods of synchronicity.
Hours after I posted an article on The Economist’s caricature of serious journalism that focused on and mocked “ultra-rightwing Japanese nationalism” in the Senkakus while ignoring Chinese East Asian expansionism, the extent of that expansionism was revealed in a new report from China.
Major General Jin Yinan, the director of China’s National Defense Strategy Institute, gave an interview to the state-owned China National Radio that was posted on its website.
During the interview, he said:
“We must by all means take action in regard to the Diaoyu (Senkaku islets) issue. Further, from a broader perspective, we must now begin discussing the issue of the Okinawa vassal state.”
He means that Okinawa is a vassal state of China, not Japan.
Gen. Jin added that Japan had forcibly occupied “Ryukyu” since 1879 and changed the name to Okinawa to cause the people to forget that the Ryukyu royal house had used Chinese era names and bronze coins. He also said there were no international treaties sufficient to recognize “the Japanese occupation”.
“At that time, Okinawa was an independent Chinese vassal state, and it had a very close relationship with China.“
Recall that The Economist, however, thought it more amusing to talk about those goofy right-wingers using goats as the vanguard to strengthen the Japanese claim to the Senkakus while downplaying Chinese belligerence and intentions.
Those intentions should now be clearer for the people with the eyes to see — as well as the wit to realize this is a high-ranking military officer speaking on state radio.
Gen. Jin has been in the news before. He spoke publicly about the disgrace of Chinese officials spying for (not on) other countries, including their ambassador to South Korea. This subtitled YouTube report contains details, as well as the information that roughly 4,000 Chinese government officials have fled to the West, taking with them the equivalent of $US 50 billion.
AMPONTAN 
toadold said
China may be making a big strategic mistake. Pissing off Japan and S. Korea especially. “We have a love/hate feelings toward Japan, the Chinese we do business with but overall we dislike them much more than the Japanese.”
Rumor has it that some in the S.Korean military have war gamed a strike into the Chinese mainland to get N. Korea out of their hands.
A further note:
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/china/articles/20120714.aspx
Harry said
There are lots of bad news about their economy, heading for a financial crisis in the shadow banking system. The coal and steel industries are now selling pigs in the face of falling demand.
I guess that urban layoffs are becoming a threat to social stability in China.
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