Although Japan made war reparations to Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, and Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and other countries in Europe, it was not for

The five world powers, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, and France, did not pay reparations because the five permanent members of the UN Security Council all renounced the fact that Japan paid war reparations. This is the most important fact in Japan's war reparations.

After World War II, the United States became the dominant country in the international order, and the United States was also the country that suffered the second most losses from the Japanese war. The United States, however, took the lead in giving up Japan's war reparations, and mobilized China, the Soviet Union, Britain, and other world powers to give up Japan's war reparations. The chairman of the committee considered the following: 1. Implement the policy of "repaying grievances with virtue" toward Japan; Second, after the Kuomintang government retreated to Taiwan, its international status was greatly reduced, and it hoped to give up war reparations in exchange for Japan's political and economic support for Taiwan; Third, it is the influence of the idea of Greater China, other big countries have given up Japan's war reparations, and the Chinese should also have the appearance of a big country, and should not be like small countries to calculate war reparations. Japan is still quite grateful to the Kuomintang government and Chiang Kai-shek for their policy of "repaying grievances with virtue," and from time to time some people have written articles expressing their gratitude to Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, if we want to condemn the renunciation of Japan's war reparations, we should first condemn the US government, second, we should condemn the government of the Republic of China headed by Chiang Kai-shek, and it is not our turn to condemn the Chinese government in 1972.

On the other hand, before Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka's visit to China, Tanaka had indicated that if the other side offered compensation, as long as the amount was appropriate, he would intend to pay compensation after July 1972. As China made positive preparations for the normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan, Premier Zhou gave the following instructions on the issue of renunciating war reparations: First, before the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the chairman of the Taiwan National People's Congress had already given up the demand for reparations before us, and the Communist Party's belly could not be smaller than that of Chiang Kai-shek. Second, Japan wants to restore diplomatic relations with Japan. Diplomatic relations with Taiwan must be severed. With regard to Japan's relations with Taiwan, the central authorities have adopted a tolerant attitude on the issue of compensation, which is conducive to bringing Japan closer to us. Third, if Japan is required to pay compensation to China, the burden will eventually fall on the shoulders of the vast number of Japanese people, so that they will be forced to live a difficult life for a long time in order to pay compensation to China. This is not in line with the central authorities' desire to maintain friendship with the Japanese people.

Of course, this is only an official statement, and in fact, the Chinese government may have given up the war reparations to Japan for the following reasons: First, China is a world power. China cannot only see economic benefits without regard to its own international reputation, the United States and several other world powers have given up Japan's war reparations, and China's war reparations will be looked down upon by the international community; 2. The former government of China, the Government of the Republic of China, also announced more than 20 years ago that it would renounce Japan's war reparations, and from the perspective of the principles of international law, China's successor government has no right to demand Japan's war reparations. 3. The leaders of the Chinese government have previously stated that they will not be able to break their faith in the renunciation of Japan's war reparations; Fourth, nearly 30 years have passed. Again, the effectiveness is weakened. Accumulate for the above reasons. In 1972, on the occasion of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the government of the People's Republic of China announced that it was the wisest choice to renounce Japanese war reparations. In 1972, China was still relatively isolated in the world, and the establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan was of great significance.

If China wants war reparations from Japan. In 1946, the Kuomintang Executive Yuan's Compensation Committee estimated that Japan's compensation should be $62 billion. It's very difficult to get $10 billion if you don't actually need that much money. Because to go to the Philippines, which has the largest war reparations from Japan, it will only cost 550 million US dollars. (The Philippines demands $10 billion in compensation from Japan)

In fact, China did not suffer a loss in giving up Japan's war reparations:

1. From 1949 to 1972, Western countries led by the United States imposed a comprehensive economic and technological blockade on China. The Japanese people have been very helpful to China by trading with China and selling advanced technology to China. The Japanese Government has turned a blind eye to this. The United States is extremely unhappy with this. Why is this happening? Because the Chinese government said that it would renounce Japan's war reparations, the Japanese side felt that it should be grateful to China;

2. In February 1972, US President Richard Nixon visited China, and the Japanese Government took advantage of this to preemptively establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in September 1972. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, trade and technical cooperation between China and Japan have increased significantly, and China has benefited greatly. In contrast, the United States has been talking to China for several years, repeatedly bargaining with China. Compared to Japan, it is very good for China;

3. During the period of reform and opening up, the greatest trade opportunity that China obtained was Japan; the country that China received the most loans was Japan; Japan invested the most in China; Japan introduced the most advanced technology; Japan studied the second most abroad; Japan was the country where the most Chinese went abroad to work; and the foreigners who helped China the most were Japanese; Japan's assistance to China's economy since China's reform and opening up did not stop until a few years ago. These are related to Japan's apology for invading China and gratitude for giving up Japan's war reparations;

Fourth, in the international arena, when Western countries led by the United States imposed sanctions on China, Japan was the most polite Western country to China;

One thing that the Chinese government should tell all Chinese people is that Japan is the only country in the world that has given China huge amounts of free aid and loans of more than 3 trillion yen at low interest rates for up to 30 to 40 years. In the 30 years since China's reform and opening up, Japan's aid to China has far exceeded that of other developed countries in Europe and the United States combined. Japan's assistance has really been a great help to China's development, and we should not forget it.

Japan's assistance to China is mainly through ODA (Government Development Assistance). ODA consists of two main components: direct government loans and non-reimbursable assistance, which includes financial and technical assistance. From December 1979, when Japan provided its first loan, to 2000, Japan provided a total of 2,650.9 billion yen in loans to China. The loan (equivalent to about US$26.5 billion) is characterized by extremely low interest rates and extremely long repayment periods, with an interest rate of 2.1%-3%, a repayment period of 30 years, and a 10-year moratorium on payment. Japan's non-reimbursable aid to China from 1980 to the end of 1994 amounted to 95.668 billion yen. (Approximately US$950 million)

In addition, Japan provides technical cooperation, accepts Chinese trainees to Japan, and sends technical experts to China. Thirty years ago, they entered China with the implementation of development assistance to China. Regarding aid to China, there are different figures. According to data provided by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over the past 30 years, Japan's total economic aid to China has been about 3.4 trillion yen (about 224.8 billion yuan). Of these funds, 90 per cent of the aid is in the form of yen loans and about 10 per cent in the form of non-reimbursable aid. Another figure: Japan has provided a total of 3.65 trillion yen ($35.7 billion, or £21.8 billion) in economic aid to China. As I said above, if China demands war reparations from Japan after the war, it will be up to $10 billion, and in fact Japan will not be able to repay it after the war, and it will drag on for a long time. By comparison, the Chinese leader's practice of abandoning Japan's war reparations was actually more beneficial to China. (To be continued.) )