Well the liberals think China and CPC is evil and the right prefer western politics because they share economic attitudes. The capitalists prefer the west because again that's the same game. They don't get China, they don't control how it functions, they can't enslave and extract things they want whenever they want. It's the same problem and attitudes as China faces from western elites, except to a much smaller scale. Japan often plays diplomacy and realpolitik like an east asian country. Honestly there is little difference between the three major ones (not counting NK) on this front. Equally aggressive and passive in the same areas. Equally vocal and quiet.
Ideally Japan is left alone by China and Japan in turn also leaves it alone. Some mutually agreeable compromise on disputes formed to avoid pointless war. What ensues is working political relations and decent economic ones. Japan doesn't want to be a vassal of China and nor should it be. China shouldn't have to deal with Japan US military alliance but it is. This current situation won't find solutions until China rises further and cements a position where Japan will respect China in a way that discourages confrontations between the two. In turn, China would need to compromise as well. This overly hawkish and chauvinistic attitude won't help China. Japan should recognise WW2 and the three nations should work together to get past that. Then a clean start and working relations will be good for Asians, much to the chagrin of western elites if that world were to ever become realised.
