Pelosi played with fire on the stage, and the attitude of Japan and South Korea was surprisingly consistent, and the collective silence was unanimous.
Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is to play with herself. As allies of the United States, Japan and South Korea have a surprisingly consistent attitude and collective silence.
The farce of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has aroused strong international concern, and many Western media have compared this crisis with the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, while Japan and South Korea, which are close at hand, have maintained a distance from Pelosi this time, and the mainstream media in Japan and South Korea are no longer arching fire.
South Korea is the penultimate stop of Pelosi's Asian tour, but South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue has not seen Pelosi on the grounds that he is "on vacation". After all, the current situation on the Korean Peninsula is also extremely unstable, and south Korea intends to avoid aggravation of the situation on the one hand, and hopes that China and Russia will help stabilize the situation on the other hand.
The South Korean presidential office also made an official response to Pelosi's channeling, calling for regional peace and stability through dialogue. And maintain close communication with the countries concerned on all issues.
Japan, which has always been on the front line of anti-China and has long instigated the Taiwan Strait issue, is also relatively low-key this time, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Matsuno said at a news conference that the Japanese government could not comment when asked at a news conference whether he supported Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. A single sentence avoids direct statements.
In addition, Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng also said at a press conference that the Japanese government cannot comment, but the stability of Sino-US relations is extremely important to the international community.
It should be said that japan's "neutrality" is itself a denial of Pelosi. Of course, Japan is a member of the Group of Seven, and it also goes along with the Group of Seven to help Pelosi, which can be regarded as giving the United States face.
In fact, it was precisely because of Pelosi's channeling that the yen's exchange rate against the dollar "rose sharply" since August 1. Analysts in Japan's financial circles said that investors were wary of the confrontation between China and the United States may become more intense, so there is a trend to liquidate a large number of dollars held.
Japan and South Korea did not firmly stand with the United States at the crucial moment, and they have the same attitude and remain silent, which is enough to prove that when Japan and South Korea are really involved in security issues, they can still see the seriousness of the situation, and no one wants to really follow the United States to be cannon fodder, let alone such a crisis is next to them.
To a large extent, the alliance between the United States, Japan, and South Korea is not a common national interest, but is constrained by historical reasons. South Korea has wanted to regain all its national sovereignty since the Korean War, but it is also subject to the United States and its neighbors, so it has to rely on the United States in many cases.
Similarly, after the end of World War II, Japan was politically, militarily, and economically tied up by the United States, and although it has always wanted to get rid of the control of the United States, it is not allowed in practice. In other words, Japan wants to use the United States to restore its status as a "normal state, not to become a victim." If you really have a problem, you should hesitate or hesitate.
At present, the general international public opinion situation is that the United Nations and a large number of countries support the "one China" principle and do not support Pelosi's channeling. Even if Japan and South Korea are for this reason, they should not help Pelosi.
Recalling the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, when it was strong, it drew a bunch of countries to form alliances, but when it was defeated by collusion, none of the allies were willing to show their heads. Unfortunately, the United States does not understand this history.
