Current affairs perspective
The crown disease was finally settled, and the Japanese government decided to dismiss the emergency on May 25.Although it cannot be taken lightly, the situation on the home will gradually ease, and economic activities will gradually recover. In terms of foreign relations, all kinds of exchanges with mutual benefit and mutual benefit will gradually return to the right track.Especially for countries with close economic relations, it is necessary to restore exchanges, but it is still necessary to consider the changes in business models caused by the risk of epidemic.
In this recovery atmosphere, the same attention as the Tokyo Olympic Games, which is postponed to 2021, is the plan to visit Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping.After the recovery of the crown disease epidemic, the first guest invited by Japan during the post -epidemic period was Xi Jinping?We can easily imagine that this will be a problem.
During the cope of the crown disease, Japan's public opinion on China became more critical, and Japan's policy on China has begun to change.First of all, Japan supports Taiwan to participate in the World Health Conference as an observer; this is not the first time that Japan has done so, and it has been before.Second, during the crown disease epidemic, the activities of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Maritime Police in the East China Sea and Japan became active, and the Japanese Defense Minister Kono Kono made criticism.Third, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked about supporting Japanese companies retreating from China this March this March.
Regarding the two Chinese sessions held in May this year, major Japanese media focus on the increase in Chinese defense budgets by more than 6%; Japanese society is particularly concerned about Hong Kong issues.The Japanese government's cabinet secretary, Tan Yiwei, also expressed concern about the situation in Hong Kong.He said: (Hong Kong) On the basis of one country and two systems, it is important to maintain the past freedom and open system.Looking forward to the wise response of Chinese.
This is very different from previous speeches.May wish to take a look at the related speeches related to Hong Kong in recent years.When the demonstration of the fugitive regulations in June 2019, he expressed his expectation that Hong Kong was expected to maintain a free and open system in the past, two systems, two systems, and two systems.When the Hong Kong demonstrator and the police confronted each other in August, he said that the conflict became intensified. He was very worried that many woundeds would occur. He also said that he hoped that the relevant personnel would negotiate peacefully, resolve the situation as soon as possible, and maintain the stability of Hong Kong.We will continue to pay great attention.In addition, at the end of November, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democratic Acts passed by the United States, and he said that the motion of parliament in other countries did not comment, but he also said that the Hong Kong situation is still very worrying, and we will communicate closely with the United States.It is expected that Hong Kong can maintain stability under one country and two systems; while expressing anxiety, he also mentioned that it is necessary to maintain Hong Kong's stability.
The Japanese government's speech, most of the contents of the speech so far, can only be seen as a new statement that it is expected that the wise response of the Chinese side can be seen.The Japanese government used to be able to respond to this expression with wisely expectations. For example, South Korea said that when the GSOMIA was not extended in 2019, the Japanese government also used it.This is a very strong resignation, which means that the subject that is judged in the end is the other party, but the answer is clear about what to do.
Although Xi Jinping's visit to Japan is planned, during the epidemic, Japan -China relations, especially the Japanese government's policy on China, China view, and Japanese society's impression of China. These situations cannot be ignored.
The author is a professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan
