Xi reluctant to resolve disputes with Japan during talks with Kishida

What disputes? Absolute my not an issue

China "...has an inherent initiative to seek its own interests by intensifying geopolitical conflicts." Liu Qingbin in Quote of the Day.

Mark my word, Xi is watching the reactions, resolve and response to the situations in the Ukraine and Israel very closely. Biding his time, waiting for the right timing to fulfill his promise to his base.

They’ve been massively stockpiling grain, selling US bonds, preparing for sanctions, there’s even been a big campaign to get people to donate blood for social credit points.

They are preparing for war. All eyes will be on the upcoming election in Taiwan. Things could get very real for our region, very quickly. It’s not as if the warning signs were not out there either.

nobody wants to deal with a fake politician and the joke Kishida.

Kishida created fake problems to justify his salary paid with debts...

Holding talks with a totalitarian dictator is pointless. Just continue building up Japan's defenses and alliances, and decoupling/derisking the economy. It's the only way to deal with China.

indigoToday 09:29 am JST

nobody wants to deal with a fake politician and the joke Kishida.

It is Xi that is the fake politician. Kishida has a mandate to rule from the Japanese people, and runs the country in accordance with laws that are established by lawmakers that are also elected by the Japanese people.

No-one elected Xi or the CCP (other than themselves). He is the very definition of a fake politician.

according to my years long real experience dealing with china people, they have unreasonable natural hostility toward foreigners, although they are smiling to you in front of you, but believe me, deep inside their heart they are thinking otherwise and they can back-stabbing you anytime, without any solid reasons, just because you are not their-kind, or just because you are "foreigners". From then onward, i only use logic, excessive solid prove and reasons to deal with them, nothing more, nothing emotion involved. In Japan term, just use superior military force when dealing with xi, they only surrender to greater power, nothing else. Diplomatic solution is just a drama for them

Because any talk/discussion will only be meaningful/useful when/if Japan recovers independence of its foreign policies, otherwise, its just a waste of time/resources. Unlike Kishida san, other heads of state value their time/resources, tax payers hard earned resources.

Kishida is too weak PM. Looks like the Chinese are taking him as a fool and a joke.

Japan no longer have strong, charismatic leaders. Not only that, but he managed to destroy the Japanese inner economy with the biggest inflation in the post war history, and the currency loosing its value sharply daily...

Put the two in the same room and the clear power difference is palpable for all to see. Xi wields power. Kishida flies around the world attending meetings to wrap himself in the trappings of power. China has always had an authoritarian political culture. Xi rose through the ranks of a meritocratic system first serving at the provincial level in Fujian and Zhejiang before moving to national politics.

Has "democracy" served the Indian people better? How about Brazil? You really have to compare continent sized countries to make a reasonable comparison.

No-one elected Xi or the CCP (other than themselves). He is the very definition of a fake politician.

deanzaZZRToday 04:33 pm JST

Put the two in the same room and the clear power difference is palpable for all to see. Xi wields power. Kishida flies around the world attending meetings to wrap himself in the trappings of power. China has always had an authoritarian political culture. Xi rose through the ranks of a meritocratic system first serving at the provincial level in Fujian and Zhejiang before moving to national politics.

Xi rose through the ranks of a corrupt system via corruption most likely. FTFY.

Has "democracy" served the Indian people better? How about Brazil? You really have to compare continent sized countries to make a reasonable comparison.

We don't know until we see how far down China slides after its property crisis.

deanzaZZRToday 04:33 pm JST

Has "democracy" served the Indian people better? How about Brazil?

That's totally up to the people of India and Brazil when they elect their leaders. If they don't like them and they "haven't served them well" they will elect different ones (as Brazil recently did).

Xi is unelected, and his rule has zero legitimacy. China is a dictatorship, so even if Xi hasn't served the Chinese people well (and he certainly hasn't, in my opinion) they can't vote him out.

Xi rose through the ranks of a corrupt system via corruption most likely. FTFY.

Let:s be fair - he probably didn't make it all the way up there without showing real competence.

That's totally up to the people of India and Brazil when they elect their leaders. If they don't like them and they "haven't served them well" they will elect different ones (as Brazil recently did).

Well, that's the party line, but the problem may be that you can't find suitable leaders within a realistic democracy because they are so distracted by tactical (4-year cycles) needs.

Also, in the case of India, it's not a secret Modi is working to decrease the Civil-Political rights situation. As does Trump and to a lesser extent the US Republicans. The UK is getting tougher on protests. So even that part as an argument is weaker than it was just 5 years ago.

Kishida can only blame himself for being a puppet and know towingof US hegemonic bullying. He made a great leapingof military spending and provides support to Ukraine which was deposed by his own jàpanese people and neighbours!

Kazuaki ShimazakiToday 06:04 pm JST

Well, that's the party line, but the problem may be that you can't find suitable leaders within a realistic democracy because they are so distracted by tactical (4-year cycles) needs.

Define "suitable." Suitable for what and whom?

There are plenty of elected leaders I dislike personally, but if a majority of the rest of the population votes for them then they are the democratic choice of the country and I will go along with that. And if they do a good job, they stay in (depending on the constitution); if not, they get voted out. That's the way it should be.

Also, in the case of India, it's not a secret Modi is working to decrease the Civil-Political rights situation. As does Trump and to a lesser extent the US Republicans. The UK is getting tougher on protests.

The checks and balances are there. They're not perfect (nothing is), but they're there and they generally work.

They stopped Trump destroying US democracy, and they will hopefully do so again. Modi does have illiberal/anti-Muslim tendencies, but the people can still vote him out (and may well do). In the UK, Sunak will be gone at the next election.

So even that part as an argument is weaker than it was just 5 years ago.

No, it isn't, as the choice is there and the people have their voices heard at the ballot box. In contrast, the Chinese people have no chance to vote for their leaders, other than low-level local administrators who decide garbage day etc., or Hong Kong's "choice" of several pro-Beijing candidates, which is no choice at all. Xi has unchecked power to do whatever he and the Politburo want: he, and other dictators, have shown that that is a very dangerous thing.

Democracy isn't perfect, but it's a damn sight better than no choice at all.

You are free to have that opinion. And yet the longitudinal survey conducted by Harvard showed overwhelming support of the Central Government by the Chinese public. Setting policies to help lift hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty creates good will among the people. Results matter and legitimate government leadership.

"Even in

2003, the central government received a strong level of

satisfaction, with 86.1% expressing approval and 8.9%

disapproving. This high level of satisfaction increased

even further by 2016, but such increases were minimal

because public satisfaction was already high to begin

with."

https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/understanding-ccp-resilience-surveying-chinese-public-opinion-through-time

longitudinal survey conducted by Harvard showed overwhelming support of the Central Government by the Chinese public.

We have learned a long time ago to question the reliability of any survey research conducted in China. For several reasons, not the least that most of them are conducted entirely over the Internet, so the identity of the individual(s) at the other end are always an open question. But even those compiled in the past by someone on the ground, attempting to engage people (or attempting to validate Internet answers), are subject to constant surveilance and strict government control. And all of it always subject to approval by the Party.

State media makes much of survey research results conducted in China. To show overwhelming popular minxin satisfaction, specifically to show the success of the Party’s “whole-process democracy.”

Remember the fourth pillar to the "whole-process democracy?" That of the “People’s Democracy” as reflected as the “Will Of The State?” How, possibly, can your average Chinese citizen ever hope to answer a pollster question, in context of his or her own “real and effective socialist democracy,” when they must realize that displaying any distrust towards the interests of the State will, by definition, be against the “Will Of The State?” Your average Chinese citizen, not being born yesterday, and definitely not wanting to spend long months and years in re-education confines, know how to answer such socially volatile questions.

To be sure, democratic cultures – true democratic cultures – enable and empower populations to scrutinize and criticize those empowered with the public trust. Democracy lives and thrives during active citizen participation, regular free and fair elections, political tolerance, and transparency of governance. And not about if or how government / Party can deliver basic results over economic development and acceptable collective livelihoods.

AureliusDec. 28 09:39 pm JST

Democracy isn't perfect, but it's a damn sight better than no choice at all.

Here we go again with an uneducated person who thinks there's only one true democracy .

You know anything about the Chinese constitution or government at all ?

Or just what you believe to be true ?

I know it is a fake democracy. World press freedom don't lie:

https://rsf.org/en/country/china

the buoy placed near the Senkaku Islands

Just uplift it and replace it 500m on the chinese side ... problem solved !