LOL POLICE BRUTALITY. Well said well said.
Actually what I was referring to was how a lot has changed in terms of Sino-Japanese bilateral relationship in these 2 years. Japan's cabinets, particularly border services, law enforcement, and ministry of defense, had taken a much stronger and vocal hostility towards PRC. One recent article came out with the defense minister accusing China of being assertive. This word, if I'm not mistaken, seemed to be the first time to be used by Japan towards China, and this word...we all know whose favorite vocabulary it is.
I did read another article referring to how Japan wants to pursue closer bilateral relationship with China only in terms of economic, while everything else is associating themselves closer with the US. Of course this would almost seem like a practical pursuit of objectives for Japan, but Tokyo is forgetting that whatever they do, they are still in the East, next to SK, NK, PRC, and Russia. Doing what they are doing will serve them no true long-term benefits when it pissed off its neighbors in the entire geopolitical region. Assuming with things moving along, all of Japan's neighbors (Russia, China, and depending on the Koreans if their conflicts were settled), will develop stronger cultural influence and reduce American's, and Japan will be the only one still hugging the US in the E.Asia region. Japan doesn't even seemed to realize, that by ruining its bilateral relationships with its neighbors by associating itself with the US, it is actually doing more harm and hindrance for whichever goals they want to achieve in the long-term, such as earning the trust and recognitions from Asian that Japan is a greater power; reviving its economy, etc.
All the increase of Japanese aggressiveness coincides with US's agenda of returning to Aisa. Japan has to go aggressive towards China when its master told it to.
