Chapter 289 289 Sino-Japanese rift
At the time when the Chinese Navy's special minesweeping fleet accompanied the United States in carrying out military operations against Iran in the Persian Gulf, a very annoying thing happened in the international community, and Okuno Seiryō, a prominent minister in the cabinet of Noboru Takeshita of Japan and director of the Land Agency, made irresponsible remarks, saying that the Nanjing Massacre did not exist, that the Tokyo trial was also invalid, and that the Tokyo trial should be retried from the perspective of public opinion.
Although Sino-Japanese relations were generally relaxed at this time, Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita also approved a huge amount of aid loans this year, that is, the so-called "black letter returns"; although China's economic situation is much better than in history, because Sino-US relations are also closer, and Japan and China have closer exchanges, this year's aid and low-interest loans are more than the other level.
Many Japanese angrily denounced the Chinese for their unsympathy, and Japan provided important funds for China's development, but China made trouble for Japan after it became strong. For example, in the East China Sea dispute between China and Japan after 2012, China believes that it was caused by Japan's nationalization ******, but Japan believes that after the 2010 Sino-Japanese ****** collision, Japan had to strengthen its actual control over ******, and the culprit was China.
In Qi Yiming's view, there is such a thing as black letters and ODA, it cannot be said that Japan has not helped, but it must not be viewed in isolation. The huge damage caused by Japan to China in World War II did not pay a penny after the war, and the foundation of China and Western European countries is different, and a fool can think that if there was no Sino-Japanese war, China would not be absolutely poor and white before liberation. So ODA can't really be measured in terms of intergovernmental lending aid alone. Moreover, the black letter also means that the fiscal surplus is used to lend to other countries, and in fact this kind of creditor's behavior is also profitable. After the Plaza Accord, the yen rose sharply, coupled with Japan's lack of large-scale macroeconomic control and government investment, this money in the hands of nothing can be done, but if it is used to balance the trade surplus with China (Japan's surplus), by the way, increase the interest, it is naturally the best situation.
Japan, with a strong economy, basically had a large fiscal surplus year by year in the eighties, and some people may say that the government should not invest in it, but Qi Yiming can only sigh at this, government investment is obviously a Keynesian economic theory, in many capitalist countries is regarded as a flood beast, and the Chinese's natural thinking abroad is not mainstream. How can Japan expand government investment before it is too late for privatization? Increasing investment in public welfare is a solution, but there is no economic return on this, not to mention that Japan's welfare construction has already been planned, and it is really unwise to increase investment.
At this time, Japan was still on the rise, and although China's military strength was 100 times stronger than that of the same period, externally, China, the United States, and Japan seemed to be wearing a pair of pants, and Japan was not particularly worried about China. After the Plaza Accord, Japan was in a state of self-appreciation and great satisfaction, and they no longer paid attention to the American economy, and now they are even more in a state of looking down on China, which is just starting out.
After the end of World War II, the United States did not completely liquidate Japan in order to contain the Soviet Union and the red camp, not only did the emperor system be retained, but war criminals could even continue to engage in politics in a grand manner, and then the sons of war criminals also inherited these dross and continued to suffer from brain damage.
The famous cultural scholar Benedict's famous book "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" describes the Japanese as both aggressive and kind, martial and beautiful, brutal and elegant, rigid and adaptive, obedient and unwilling to be manipulated, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and good at accepting new things.
These complex dualities have contributed to the lack of a sense of right and wrong and justice in Japanese culture, and it is often said that Japan emphasizes a culture of shame over a culture of guilt, and that the mistake of World War II was not that it caused great harm to others, but that it was just that it did not agree. It's like a robber who is arrested during a robbery and doesn't regret his mistakes, but regrets that he didn't run fast and didn't have enough muscles.
As a result of the convergence of various currents of thought, a large number of neuropaths emerged who denied war crimes and blindly emphasized that the Japanese in war were loyal to their country. It's not that they really don't have the slightest concept of right and wrong, but they themselves can't make this thing round, so they strongly deny historical facts, and play a game of avoiding the important and trivializing those who sacrificed their lives for the country.
They were reluctant to mention that in times of war, it was some people who oppressed others to starve to death, forced or deceived their own women to go to the front to comfort them, and committed suicide by expelling innocent people from Iwo Jima when war was no longer possible. There is no need to mention the crimes committed by those fascists against other countries, the crimes committed against their own countries are enough to ******, but some people can just ignore all these things with one mouth.
When the Japanese thought that they were the leaders and advanced countries in East Asia with a sense of superiority, they never thought that after reversing the strength of China and Japan, Japan's so-called strength has always been built on a kind of **** foundation. Japan's real rise came after World War II, which was nurtured by the United States.
Liao Huairen, who was no longer working by Qi Yiming's side, came over this time and took the order from above to discuss a solution with Qi Yiming. In other words, in terms of foreign issues, Qi Yiming's strategic bureau is slightly like the shogunate of Japan's Heian period, and there is a bit of a big deal about it, but that's all.
"The above means to teach Japan a lesson, not to make things stiff, but not to appear too soft." Liao Huairen sat on the sofa drinking tea, after he left Qi Yiming, he could be regarded as a smooth progress, and he stopped doing intelligence work and really developed into the political circle.
Ye Yaozi was also present, she frowned and said, "It's not an easy thing, Japan is different from the small countries we kneaded before, we don't have many things to balance Japan." In terms of trade, except for China's export of agricultural products and a few raw materials, Japan's industrial manufactured products are relatively exclusive, so China's products marketed in Europe and the United States do not perform well in Japan. In terms of energy, our country is also not their main exporter. I think I can make a fuss about the route. ”
China first set the South China Sea and then Taiwan, and the Strait of Malacca and the Taiwan Strait, Japan's main shipping routes, were all in the hands of China or the Nanyang countries under the command of China. This is also because after Taiwan was invaded and occupied, Japan strongly condemned China's actions, and even called on the international community to put pressure on China and support Taiwan's autonomy.
Even the United States did not support such a move, so the Japanese shouted for a month or two that there were few responders, and they themselves did not talk about this issue. At this time, I don't know if there is a factor of Chinese stimulation in the road, and right-wingers are indiscriminately firing guns on historical issues.
Qi Yiming shook his head and said: "It's nothing more than increasing boarding inspections on important waterways, which will have some impact in essence, but the damage to our own image is more serious, we are trying to reopen the customs and create a free and open red market, which has been thought about, resulting in greater hidden costs." ”
Liao Huairen also nodded and said: "That's right, we are not yet the time to turn around with Japan, although Japan is now in poor demand for China's products, but with the changes in Japan's economic environment, labor costs, social welfare and exchange rate impact, sooner or later will become a major export market for us, at this time to offend Japan, not very smart." In addition, we still have hundreds of billions of yen ODA from Japan, and the country needs to develop, so we can't turn this money away like this. ”
Qi Yiming glanced at Liao Huairen, this guy is a typical pragmatist, and the benefits of calculating are more than calculating face.
In fact, it is not necessary to use too drastic measures to deal with the irresponsible remarks of that right-winger. On the diplomatic channel, we held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for three consecutive days to condemn right-wingers, which is already amazing. At present, the United States still has a certain effect on Japan, and the leftists and centrists in Japan are also quite disgusted by such remarks, so instead of thinking about how to fight back, we should think about how to educate the people well, not forget the national shame, and fight bravely. ”
Ye Yaozi agreed: "This is a good proposal, there are indeed more rough branches and fewer details in history education in China, and people's understanding and understanding of history are relatively lacking. ”
"Therefore, on the one hand, we must strengthen our own history education, and the hardware facilities such as the Anti-Japanese War Memorial, the 918 Memorial Hall, and the Nanjing Massacre Memorial must keep up, and I can invest some in this aspect. On the other hand, school education should be as close to historical facts as possible, and it is more necessary for students to have a critical spirit and increase their own views on history. Let the children know what we will be invaded by Japan, why the Japanese will invade us, how to prevent history from repeating itself, and so on. ”
Liao Huairen clapped his hands and said: "Moisturizing things silently, although this move doesn't look very loud, but it is the most earth-shattering, not bad." ”
Qi Yiming smiled again and said: "Literary and artistic works also need to pay more attention to such themes, many of our old movies are very classic, we must inherit these traditions and continue to innovate new works of this kind." In my opinion, investing in a film such as "Nanjing Massacre" and facing the public is very effective in punitive propaganda. ”
At this time, because the cultural field was not affected by the turmoil, the GD General Administration naturally did not have the bizarre and strict censorship system as later generations, which was mainly related to the scarcity of cultural products. A key hotbed for the frequent emergence of anti-Japanese dramas in later generations is official censorship and restrictions, and without these things at this time, Qi Yiming is not worried about being tormented by the kind of human IQ that challenges the limits of human intelligence in later generations. He also supports more investment and more thinking about the cultural industry, Chinese are not without talent, if on the one hand they are blocked by rules and regulations, on the other hand they still want to cater to vulgar tastes, want to make money quality abuse, naturally it is impossible to make good things.