Category: China

The Chinese may be doing the Japanese a favor because no military should be using any Chinese components that could have backdoors built into them to impact military operations:

China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan, a self-ruled island Beijing claims as its sovereign territory. The Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement that exports of such items, which can serve both civilian and military purposes, to Japanese military users and all other end-users that could help enhance Japanese military power are prohibited.

Any individual or organization that violates the rule by transferring or providing these made-in-China products to Japanese groups and people would face legal consequences, regardless of where they are from, it said. The notice did not identify or describe specific items, but some exports — particularly in the technology sector such as drones and navigation systems — could be adapted for military use.

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.

It now appears the Chinese are not too eager to assist South Korea on the North Korea issue:

South Korea’s presidential office said the two leaders reaffirmed that peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula — an apparent reference to the denuclearization of North Korea — are shared interests, and confirmed China’s willingness to play a constructive role.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made no reference to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula in its readout of the summit.

Doo Jin-ho, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, said China’s unresponsiveness on the North Korean issue fell short of South Korea’s expectations.

“Beijing did not appear to roll up its sleeves to the extent Seoul may have hoped, nor did it take a particularly forward-leaning stance on the North Korean nuclear issue,” Doo said.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but I did not expect the Chinese to do much of anything on this issue. Right now the North Koreans are having all their needs met by the Russians, which means the Chinese do not have as much influence as they have had in the past over the Kim regime. China also probably looks at pressuring North Korea as a waste of time because they understand that North Korea will engage with South Korea when they want to, not because the ROK demands they do.

It seems to me that if China wants to promote positive relations with South Korea how about they apologize for destroying the ROK during the Korean War?:

President Lee Jae Myung has said that South Korea and China should work to ease negative public sentiment toward each other and develop “good neighborly, friendly” relations to help expand economic cooperation.

Lee made the remarks at a welcome dinner hosted by Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining after arriving in Shanghai on Tuesday — the second and final stop of his state visit to China.

“I believe building good neighborly, friendly relations is essential when it comes to resolving economic issues,” he told Chen.

He noted that “unfounded and unnecessary misunderstandings” have long hurt public sentiment in both countries and have become a factor hindering the development of bilateral relations.

“We need to minimize those misunderstandings and encourage more goodwill between our peoples,” Lee said. “If there are areas of conflict or confrontation, we should minimize them and maximize the areas where we can benefit each other so that we can truly become good neighbors.”

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but there is no misunderstandings; China almost completely destroyed the ROK during the Korean War. After they were unsuccessful in that venture they have continued to back the North Korean regime which has launched countless provocations against the ROK over the past 7 decades leading to the deaths and disappearances of hundreds of Koreans. China has also on multiple occasions tried to economically bully South Korea with the THAAD issue being the latest example.

Or how about China apologize for what they did in 2008 when the Chinese Embassy bussed in Chinese students to attack and beat down Koreans protesting in Seoul for Tibetan freedom? Or how about apologizing for the Chinese fishing boats that continue to loot South Korean waters and have attacked and murdered Coast Guard personnel? China is even trying to claim Korean territory as their own. The Chinese then even fly bombers in coordination with the Russians through the Korean ADIZ to intimidate the ROK. None of this seems like a misunderstanding to me, it is bullying and I don’t expect it stop no matter how many nice things President Lee says about China.