The stream and clouds rise at the beginning of the sun to sink the pavilion, and the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings!
If the main tone of the world situation in 2021 is chaos, then Asia, the world's most dynamic and potential continent, is undoubtedly at the center of the storm.
On July 22, three more important events occurred in Asia.
First, Mr. Abe refused to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
In the "Tokyo 8 Minutes" of the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Abe, dressed as Super Mario, made a deep impression on audiences around the world.
Abe also promised that Japan, which has hosted the Olympic Games for the second time, will once again dedicate a unique sports event to the world.
Times have passed, the Tokyo Olympics have been postponed due to the epidemic, and Abe has also ended his eight-year career as prime minister. With just one day left before the Olympics, Abe made a surprising decision.
On July 22, several Japanese media reported that Abe would not attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics due to the epidemic and other factors.
Since stepping down last September, Abe has served as the top honorary advisor to the Tokyo Organising Committee and was invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In March last year, as the epidemic spread in Japan, Abe proposed a one-year postponement of the Olympics and acknowledged responsibility for the incident.
At the same time, there are rumors that Abe's eventual refusal to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is related to the "too few spectators".
According to the original plan, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games held at the Japan National Stadium was expected to be attended by 10,000 people, but due to the implementation of the empty space method, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee decided to limit the number of participants to about 950 people.
Not only that, but the number of foreign leaders attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has plummeted from more than 100 expected to less than 30. Due to the severe epidemic situation in Japan, many foreign politicians have announced that they will give up attending the Olympic Games.
In the middle of this month, the White House announced that Biden would not attend the Olympics, but that a U.S. delegation would be led by First Lady Jill to Japan.
On Tuesday (20th), the president of the British National Olympic Committee, Princess Anne, also announced that she would not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Of all the western leaders, only French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed his attendance at the Olympics (the next Olympics will be held in Paris), much to the embarrassment of Suga, the host.
The absence of foreign leaders is also enough, after all, the epidemic situation in Japan is indeed not optimistic. But as Suga's former "boss", Abe suddenly announced at a critical moment that he would not attend the opening ceremony, is this not obviously embarrassing Suga?
At this point, Suga's only choice is to do his best to protect against the epidemic. If not, the rumors of Suga stepping down early may become a reality.
The second thing, in order to break the "Blue House Curse", Moon Jae-in may pardon Park Geun-hye.
Counting, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has spent 4 spring and autumn in prison. In the past four years, the speculation about whether Park Geun-hye will be pardoned has hardly been interrupted.
On the 20th, Park Geun-hye was admitted to Seoul Notre Dame Hospital for treatment due to her deteriorating health. This is the third time she has been admitted to the hospital after shoulder surgery in 2019 and her close contact with a confirmed case of covid-19 in February this year.
Shortly after Park Geun-hye was re-admitted to the hospital, South Korean media reported on the 22nd that Moon Jae-in was considering pardoning Park Geun-hye on August 15, the day of South Korea's "Comet Day". Also included in the scope of consideration is Lee Jae-yong, the "head" of the Samsung Group.
However, Lee Myung-bak, also a former president of South Korea, did not appear on the list. The Blue House said it would have "strong reservations" about Lee Myung-bak.
Last July, the Seoul High Court rendered a final judgment on the bribery case of Park Geun-hye's cronies interfering in politics and the State Council, sentencing her to 20 years in prison and a fine of 18 billion won.
Although park geun-hye was eventually able to reduce her sentence by 20 years compared to the sentence previously proposed by South Korean prosecutors. But for the 70-year-old, whether she can live until the day she is released from prison still has to draw a big question mark.
Since coming to power in 2017, Moon has held a total of four pardons, but not once has Park Appeared on the amnesty list.
After all, one of Moon's political goals is to send Ms. Park to prison with her own hands, so how could she pick up a stone and drop it on her own feet?
So the question is, why did Moon change his position and consider pardoning Park Geun-hye instead?
South Korea's president is known as "the most dangerous profession in the world", and throughout the south Korean presidents, it is difficult to escape the fate of being liquidated after stepping down. Moon Jae-in will step down in less than a year, and how to arrange the back road will be a problem he will have to face.
In addition, a number of popular candidates for the next presidency, including former South Korean Attorney General Yoon Seok-wook and former Prime Minister Lee Rok-yeon, have publicly expressed their support for amnesty for Park Geun-hye.
In this context, Moon Jae-in, who wanted to break the "Blue House Curse", finally chose to relax and consider pardoning Park Geun-hye.
It seems that the wind and waves are calm, but in fact, the storm is strange, which is the truest portrayal of Korean politics.
The third thing, britain wants to permanently station troops in Japan?
Since Brexit, the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States has become increasingly close. Not long ago, in order to help the United States confront and deter Russia, British warships even invaded Russian territorial waters.
Recently, the British army has made a new big move.
Recently, the United Kingdom said in a statement that after the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier battle group arrived in Yokosuka, Japan in September, the United Kingdom will permanently deploy 2 warships in the region.
At the recent G7 summit and NATO summit, Biden said that the United States hopes to unite allies to build a so-called "NATO joint fleet" in the Asia-Pacific region and the Indo-Pacific region.
It is not difficult for clear-eyed people to see that this "NATO joint fleet" is aimed at China and Russia. Britain's threat to permanently station troops in Japan was clearly intended to cooperate with the United States in its strategic deterrence operations.
But Britain seems to have forgotten that it is no longer the "empire that never sets", and the British Royal Navy is no longer the original "sea hegemon".
The good man does not mention that the brave, British, British, the things of the previous life, or forget it is better. If we blindly serve as a pawn for the United States, we may eventually become cannon fodder.
As for Japan, not only to allow the United States to station troops on its territory, but now to make room for British troops, is this still a real sovereign state?
Looming, a storm is accelerating towards Asia, and it depends on how countries respond.