郭宝胜 Baosheng Guo
郭宝胜 Baosheng Guo

Whether Japan or China will dominate Asia?


Before World War Two, Japan was the first power in Asia, it almost fully dominated Asia includes China. Since the 21st century, China obviously acts as the first power in Asia because it is the second world economic system and it has massive military, political power. Japan won’t dominate Asia but the U.S can unite Japan to confront and contain the hegemony of China in Asia.


As a defeated country Japan is a democratic country now; it is impossible for Japan repeats the story before World War Two. Most Japanese and left-wing political parties firmly against that the government could have the ambition of hegemony in Asia. In addition, Japan has a peace constitution that limited the expansion of Japan’s military, and the U.S. military has quartered Japan for a long time. Almost every Japan’s premier minister visit the U.S, he certainly visited and cherished the Arlington cemetery, which shows Japan’s repent for war and respect for the U.S. So, Japan will only defend national security through the military in the future.


Without a doubt, China as the first power in Asia will dominate Asia even globally. Like Germany, Japan before World War Two, China tries its best to propaganda nationalism and swear to revenge the century humiliation. China brutally overwhelmed Xingjiang and Hongkong, the next target is Taiwan, if controls Taiwan, China will realize the revival of its nation and its China’s dream. the article "China's Search for Military Power" by M. Taylor Fravel was published in 2007, but the situation has already changed. After Chairman Xi took office in 2012, China clearly indicated its ambition to dominate Asia even the whole world, and its military is preparing for this ambition.


In this week, the Japanese Defense Ministry published in its annual white paper, “Stabilizing the situation surrounding Taiwan is important for Japan’s security and the stability of the international community,” “It is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever before.” Japan is the significant partner and power to confront the expansion of China, this is the important role of Japan in QUAD and Indo-Pacific Strategy.

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