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Originally Posted by TheOmegaZoid
Absolutely Japan is now an ally of the west kept under tight leash since WW2. Taiwan is allied to the west and serves as Americas check on China dominating the South China sea. All the smaller nations in SE Asia are in line with US policy on China containment. Haven't you followed the news lately? The western press is constantly filled with criticism of China and characterizations of it as an aggressive potentially dangerous nation. Japan doesn't have any claim to the Diayu islands, any more than it has a claim to ManchuGuo or Taiwan. Admittedly this is a small piece of territory to argue about, but its symbolic for China and representative of how they've been treated by aggressive empires, near and far.
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The UN gave the Senkakus/DiaoYuTai to Japan after WW2. And the way China was being treated in the 19th century is the way they treat their neighbors now (Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia). China is the last great colonial power.