Dispute over islands in the South Sea between Japan and China continues (Reuters)
Will Japan And China Go To War? -- Bobby Ghosh, Time
Japan's Abe worries a conflict could be sparked by something unexpected
Could Japan and China be on course to military conflict? Asia hands all over the Pacific Rim have recently been forced to contemplate the possibility by the bellicose war of words between Beijing and Tokyo over territorial disputes, increased military spending and a visit by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a controversial cemetery for Japan’s war dead. But even those who game out the direst scenarios tend to add, “Surely not…”
Surely the world’s second and third largest economies have too much to lose from a war, even a small skirmish? Surely the rest of the world (and especially the United States, the biggest power in the Pacific) would restrain both sides before it came to actual combat? Surely two modern nations won’t allow historical grievances and perceived slights to push them into war? Surely not.
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More Opinions And Commentaries On China - Japan War Fears
Shinzo Abe Compares Japan-China Tensions To UK-Germany Before World War I -- SFGate/Business Insider
Japanese premier Shinzo Abe compares tension between Tokyo and Beijing to that in Europe before First World War -- The Independent
Japan’s Shinzo Abe fears unpredictable triggers for conflict with China -- Quartz
Is Shinzo Abe trying to provoke a military confrontation between Japan and China? -- John Aziz, The Week
The Dangerous China Japan Face-Off -- Andrew Browne,, Wall Street Journal
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