War Tension Between Japan & China

WORLD WAR ONE ECHOES IN JAPAN-CHINA TENSIONS.

Japanese Prime Minister has said  that Japan and China should avoid repeating the past mistakes of Britain and Germany, which fought in World War One despite their deep economic ties.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe has said that China and Japan were in a similar situation to Britain and Germany before 1914, whose close economic ties had not prevented the conflict.

Abe has also said that China’s steady rise in military spending was a major source of regional instability.

According to the Abe’s comments it should by no means be interpreted to mean that war between the two Asian giants was possible, nothing that the rule of law not armed forces and threats were needed for peace and prosperity in Asia.

Sino-Japanese ties, Long plagued by what Beijing sees as Japan’s failure to atone for its occupation of parts of China in the 1930s and 1940s, have worsened recently due to a territorial row, Tokyo’s mistrust of Beijing’s military buildup and Abe’s December visit to a shrine that critic say glorifies Japan’s wartime past.

Asked if China and Japan might clash militarily, but Abe replied that such a conflict would be great loss not only for Japan and China but for the world and we need to make sure such a thing would not happen.

Japanese Prime Minister said that China and Japan, the world’s second and third largest economies respectively have deep business sties and bilateral trade that we worth nearly 335U$ billion in 2012.

China criticized Abe’s historical reference, it would be better to face up to what Japan did to China before the war and in recent history that to say stuff about pre-World War One British-German relations, foreign Minister spokesman.

According to the US secretary, visit to China last week, it was stressed from both sides that they must avoid unilateral action to assert maritime claims, and that China should work with its neighbors to reduce tension in the East and South China seas.

At last Abe, (Japanese Prime Minster) has stressed by telling that we must restrain military expansion in Asia, which could otherwise go unchecked.

Military budgets should be made completely transparent and there should be public disclosure in a form that can be verified adding disputes should be resolved through dialogue and the rule of law and not through force and coercion. He did not single out China by name.