2023-11-06 01:47:47
When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the Philippines and Malaysia to discuss ways to strengthen security cooperation, state media, which represents the Chinese government’s position, criticized that it would increase tensions in the South China Sea.
Citing expert analysis, the state-run Global Times, affiliated with People’s Daily, claimed that Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the Philippines and Malaysia was aimed at building security and expanding military power.
The analysis is that the purpose of Prime Minister Kishida’s visit is not economic and trade cooperation, but strengthening security cooperation with China’s expansion in mind.
Dazhigang, director of the Northeast Asian Research Institute of the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences, told this media outlet, “Kishida’s visit will allow the two South China Sea countries to challenge China and gradually intervene in the Taiwan issue, while at the same time helping the United States select prospective members of the ‘NATO in Asia.’ “It is to help.”
The newspaper particularly paid attention to the fact that the relationship between the two countries has in fact been elevated to the level of a ‘quasi-alliance’, with Japan and the Philippines agreeing to begin negotiations to conclude a ‘mutual access agreement’ that will facilitate mutual deployment of troops.
Foreign troops must go through complicated procedures to operate in the Philippines, but with this agreement, troops can be dispatched quickly for training.
“The signing of the agreement by the two countries means that entry procedures for the Japan Self-Defense Forces will be simplified and the Self-Defense Forces will be able to transport weapons and ammunition to the Philippines,” one expert told the Global Times. “Regular military exercises between Japan and the Philippines will become more frequent.” “It is,” he said.
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