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    China warns Australia: ‘Be careful’ of Japan

    China on Tuesday said Australia should remember Japan’s war crimes during World War II before cosying up to the regional power.


    Australia’s centre-left government has been trying to repair its relationship with China, which soured considerably under the former conservative government.


    But it has also recently signed a new security pact with China’s regional rival Japan, seen as an attempt to limit Beijing’s muscle in the Pacific region.


    China’s ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said Canberra should be cautious about trusting Japan, given its attacks on Australia during World War II.


    “During the Second World War Japan invaded Australia, bombed Darwin, killed Australians and shot Australian (prisoners of war),” he told reporters.


    “Be careful about what might happen in the future. When someone threatens you, he might threaten you again.


    “China has been your friend.”


    Xiao had bristled when asked about Japan’s ambassador to Australia, who told The Australian newspaper that there was a need to remain “vigilant” of China.


    China slapped tariffs on key Australian exports such as barley and wine at the height of the dispute in 2020, and unofficially halted imports of Australian coal.


    At one point Chinese government ministers even refused to take calls from their Australian counterparts.


    Australia’s former government angered China by repeatedly questioning its human rights record, and by pushing for an independent investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak.


    Xiao acknowledged that trade had been “disrupted” in recent years, but said he was hopeful it would “get back to normal”.

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    Never know could happen as it did in 1936 when the Japs invaded China.

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    Japanese auto and electronics sectors are obviously a worry for Chinese competition. Dragging up WWII is a bit cheeky.

    Maybe China can use its financial muscle to sell insurance to aging Australians and Japanese?

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    You have to admit, the chinkies do occasionally have a sense of humour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    “During the Second World War Japan invaded Australia, bombed Darwin, killed Australians and shot Australian (prisoners of war),” he told reporters.
    ...more recently, China is obliterating the cultures of Tibet and Xinjiang and regularly bullying its neighbors with trade sanctions...Japan is the safer bet for a regional defense alliance no matter what Aussie coal exporters think...

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    Ohoh!!!!!! you can't let this stand

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    China being . . . the usual Communist-era marketing and self-promotion lost its touch fifty years ago . . .

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