What do you think are the core issues in the current conflicts between China and Japan?

The contradiction between China and Japan has been around for a long time, and we must look at the root causes!

1. From the Opium War to before the Meiji Restoration, Japan was also invaded by foreign powers, and China and Japan shared the same fate. In 1853, the U.S. Perry Fleet came to Japan and Japan signed its first unequal treaty, followed by other powers.

2. In 1868, Japan carried out the Meiji Restoration, comprehensively learned from the West, and the country also began to expand externally. In 1874, they attacked Taiwan and were defeated. From 1894 to 1895, in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Sino-Japanese War defeated the Qing Dynasty and gained the status of a great power. It ceded Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, and made Liaoning and Fujian its sphere of influence. It received 200 million taels of silver indemnity; from 1904-1905, Japan and Russia competed for Northeast China. War broke out in the Northeast and along the coast of China and North Korea. The Qing government declared neutrality, Japan won, and its status as a great power was further enhanced.

3. After the Revolution of 1911 broke out, he supported Yuan Shikai in dealing with the revolutionary forces in the south. Later, on the condition of supporting Yuan's proclaimed emperor, he requested to sign the 21 Articles of Comprehensive Control of Infiltration into China with China, but was opposed by the people of the whole country and failed; after Yuan's death, he supported the Anhui clique warlord Duan Qirui and the Feng clique warlord Zhang Zuolin, and later supported Both resisted the Northern Expedition. Completely incorporate China's vassal state of Korea into a colony. In 1927, due to the intensification of the conflict with Zhang Zuolin, he caused the Huanggutun incident and killed him. This pushed Zhang Xueliang to the side of Chiang Kai-shek. In 1928, the Northeast changed its flag and Chiang Kai-shek's National Government completed formal unification. Afterwards, Japan had constant friction with Zhang Xueliang in Northeast China. Japan has already formulated a plan to gradually invade China. The first step is to occupy Northeast China. In 1931, he created the September 18 Incident and annexed the Northeast. The following year, he supported the last emperor Puyi to establish the Puppet Manchukuo. In 1933, he invaded and occupied Rehe. In 1935, he planned the autonomy of the five provinces in North China. In 1937, he launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, invading from the north and south. In China, the Nationalist Government announced the national war of resistance and the second Kuomintang cooperation; in December 1941, the Pacific War broke out, and the Chinese War of Resistance became part of the anti-fascist war; on August 15, 1945, Japan was defeated and surrendered.

4. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it adopted a diplomatic policy that was one-sided and tilted towards the socialist camp, tit for tat with the Western camp led by the United States. At that time, Japan followed the lead of the United States in all aspects of politics, military and diplomacy. During the Korean War, It is also a logistics base of the US military, which has adopted the same policy of hostility to New China as the United States. However, based on long-term considerations, Chinese leaders adopted the policy of fighting and winning against Japan. They could not help but refuse Japan's war reparations, release all Japanese war criminals, and repatriate Japanese immigrants left behind in China; in the 1960s, Japanese officials and China There were no exchanges, but there were many people-to-people exchanges. In 1972, based on the consideration of wooing China to fight the Soviet Union and ending the Vietnam War, US President Nixon visited China. Sino-US relations began to end hostility. The improvement of Sino-US relations promoted China and many countries that only followed the lead of the United States. The relations between various countries improved, including Japan. In 1972, Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei visited China, and Japan also began to provide interest-free loans to China. After the reform and opening up, Sino-Japanese relations have developed in an all-round way. Of course, there are also political coldness and economic heat. Due to historical issues, the Diaoyu Islands issue, the East China Sea issue, etc., the official relationship between the two sides has always been in a state of indifference with occasional dialogue. However, the economic, trade and cultural exchanges have been developing steadily, and each other has become a supporter of the other party. The second largest trading partner. The core interest of China's relations with Japan lies in the Taiwan issue. As long as Japan does not touch this red line, China's attitude towards Japan will not be too bad. Japan's core interest in China lies in the development of China's strong military but opaque in the eyes of Japan. But overall, Sino-Japanese relations are neither good nor bad. As long as the two sides resolve the interest game on the Taiwan issue, other issues can be resolved and no new and larger conflicts will occur. and national sentiment.

The main contradictions now are reflected in cultural conflicts, historical issues, territorial issues, etc. 1