February 9, 2013
According to Time
Magazine, the status of Mainland China in both politics and economy
enhanced through the past years; therefore, the tension between
countries in Northeast Asia have escalated. The condition in
Northeast Asia now resembles that of Europe in 1914: a powder keg.
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| Former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd |
Kevin Rudd, the
Former Prime Minister of Australia, said “The region increasingly
resembles a 21st-century maritime redux of the Balkans a century ago
- a tinderbox on water. Nationalist sentiment is surging across the
region, reducing the domestic political space for less
confrontational approaches. Like the Balkans a century ago, riven by
overlapping alliances, loyalties, and hatreds, the strategic
environment in East Asia is complex.''
The relationships between countries in
East Asia are at stake.
Japan and
China: The conflict has continued since Japan's cabinet secretary
announced the government had purchased Diaoyu islands from a Japanese
citizen on September 11. The nationalism on both sides of the East
China Sea has intensified over this dispute. The conflict between
China and Japan has actually started hundreds of years ago. The
history makes everything more complicated.
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| Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un |
North Korea’s
military exercise: Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, has
led the relation between itself and South Korea and Japan in to a
tense situation. Missiles have been launched for five times ever
since Kim Jong-un takes the position as the leader of North Korea.
Besides the launch of missiles, the nuclear tests have brought
Pacific region in to nerves. The US and South Korea warned North
Korea recently of "further consequences" if it carried out
a third nuclear test.
World War I began because of a
build-up of tension between Britain, Italy, France, Germany, the
Austria-Hungarian Empire and Russia. Northeast Asia must cooperate
and respect more instead of focusing on countries’ own interests to
prevent another World War from happening.
More Information:
Japan, China, and the Tide of
Nationalism
Rudd tells of risks over Asia divisions
US warns of N Korea nuclear test
'consequences'
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