President Biden at U.S.-Japan video summit [바이든 대통령 트위터 캡처]
Chinese state-run media denounced the video summit between the United States and Japan as “a place for the United States to test Japan’s loyalty”.
The state-run Global Times reported on the 22nd that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with US President Joe Biden for the first time since taking office.
Chinese experts said that successive Japanese prime ministers often chose the United States as their first destination after taking office.
Liu Weidong, a researcher on U.S.-China relations at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, “As Japan regards the United States as its protector, this meeting is a kind of ‘pilgrimage’. “He said.
He also argued that the interests of the United States and Japan were different.
Researcher Ryu said, “The United States is concerned with the Ukraine issue, but Japan is concerned with the Korean Peninsula, Diaoyu and Taiwan issues.” I did.
Regarding the fact that the United States and Japan agreed to strengthen military cooperation targeting China and Russia, Japan criticized Japan for its inability to support the United States.
Chinese experts predicted that Japan is following the anti-China path, but it will be different from the US anti-China.
Researcher Weidong Liu said, “Japan is following the United States in all fields and increasing its ability to counter China, but considering its economic and trade relations with China, it is unlikely to confront China head-on.”
President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida held a video summit the day before, condemning North Korea’s successive tests of ballistic missiles and stressing South Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation.
They also agreed to establish a separate ministerial-level meeting with the goal of deepening economic cooperation while emphasizing the will of the two countries to cooperate to respond to China.
