He Sishen: G7 focuses on China, but not for ＂anti -China platform＂

Source: Taiwan Zhongshi News Network

Author: He Sishen

This year's important home diplomacy set up by the Seventh Kingdom Group (G7) summit for Japan's Prime Minister Kishida, and appeared on Hiroshima on the 19th.Japan wants to use the G7 summit to create the conditions of Sino -US opposition to cool down, and strive to solve the problem of spiral decline in Sino -US relations, so as to show the wrist of "Kishida Diplomacy" and establish the role of Japan in the stable Indo -Pacific area.

G7 pointed out in a statement of the Leadership Summit that it is willing to build a constructive and stable relationship with China, and also expressed that it is necessary to cooperate with China on international issues.The Prime Minister Kishida called on G7 to appeal to China to take on "the responsibility of being a member of the international community"; regarding the situation of the Taiwan Strait, Kishida reiterated "the importance of peace and stability, urged the peaceful resolution of cross -strait issues" and shared this position with the G7.G7 said that "our policy and practice is not to hurt China" and "unintentionally obstructing China's economic progress and development."Members of G7 emphasized that they did not intend to "decompose" with China and only pursue "de -risk".

In order to avoid the deterioration of China and Japan in the East China Sea, the structural deterioration of Sino -Japanese relations, the Ministry of Defense of Japan announced on May 16 that the direct hotline of the Japanese and China Defense Department was officially opened.Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yayi and Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Defense Li Shangfu conducted telephone talks. The two sides confirmed that the hotline will play an important role in avoiding unexpected situations and establishing security confidence.By -directional communication between the national defense department.The concerns of China -Japan in Hamada Yan and the situation in the East China Sea said that "it is because of this that it is necessary to communicate frankly because of this" to avoid conflicts.

Kishida focuses on the dialogue between China and diplomacy, but at the G7 summit, the Japanese government uses the tense and elevated Taiwan Strait situation as a wedge to discuss the issue of economic security guarantee and show that it is not allowed to apply in the field of economic and trade.Create a "coordination platform for economic coercion", fight against the use of trade to pressure the new framework of "coercion diplomacy" by other countries, and include this as an attachment to the G7 leader statement and become the future diplomatic policy of the G7.Kishida hopes to use the G7 as the core to show a clear position for China, and strive to achieve strong toughness and fair competition in supply chain. However, this may affect the future dialogue between China and Japan and become a new diplomatic dispute between the two sides.

Besides, Japan is like the United States, as well as the United States. It often uses the "Taiwan issue" to say things and shake the foundation of Sino -Japanese relations.In the high -level dialogue between China and Japan, from time to time, the topics such as the Taiwan Strait are tit -for -tat.Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Fang positively asked the constitutional Democratic Republic of the members of the Democratic Party, avoiding that "there is something in Taiwan if something happened in Taiwan", but not a warning of Beijing's "not to intervene in Taiwan", but to remove the DPP people "Taiwan's reveries, that is, "Japan has something to do."Japan can avoid "Taiwan's things" without talking about Taiwan, and do not conflict between China and the United States.

Japan's need to help improve cross -strait relations, which can ease the biggest risk around Japan.Cross -strait relations are stable, and Japan does not need to be "Taiwan."If Japan regards Taiwan as a diplomatic tool against mainland China, it is difficult to stand in the United States and China, because such a Japanese "king and relatives have become a victim", which will not only help the seal of the too regional peace, but also increase its own volume.The risk of entering the war, the support of Kishida Cabinet will lose the support of public opinion, and it is difficult to make the "Kishida Diplomacy" displayed in the G7 summit.

(the author is a specially appointed professor at the Chinese Department of Furen University in Taiwan, director of Japan and East Asia Research Center)