Japan's declassified "June 4th" documents exposed, deceived by the CCP for 30 years

Reporter : Li Yun / Editor: Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/12/31/a103021442.html / Direct translation / Image : Catherine Henriette/AFP/Getty Images

Recently, Japan has declassified 26 volumes of diplomatic documents, including the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the Tiananmen Massacre. Western countries imposed economic sanctions on the CCP. Diplomatic documents show that Japan insists that the West should not take strong measures against the CCP in order to allow it to reform. It was not until 30 years later that Japan discovered that it was deceived by the CCP.

On December 31, the British media BBC reported that Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) declassified 26 diplomatic documents last week, up to more than 10,000 pages, containing "extremely confidential" photocopying materials, which are rare in Japan after World War II, a large amount of public diplomatic historical data.

The diplomatic documents declassified this time contain historical data on Japanese foreign policy from 1987 to 1990. In the past three years, the world suffered the collapse of the communist camp, and many countries in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe embraced democracy.

But in China, in June 1989, the Tiananmen Square Movement to suppress students broke out during the June Fourth Movement. The CCP sent troops to brutally suppress students pursuing democracy, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths and more than 40,000 injuries. Strongly condemned by the international community.

At that time, Western countries including Japan reassessed their relations with the CCP. The declassified documents show that after the incident, Japan stated to China that "from a humanitarian standpoint, we cannot tolerate it at all." At the same time, Japan insists that the West should not take strong measures against the CCP.

At the G7 summit held in Paris, France in July of the same year, the seven major industrial nations, including Japan, discussed and issued a statement on severe condemnation and further sanctions against the CCP, which encountered resistance from Japan.

At that time, Japan's total economic productivity was still 8 times that of China, and it was also the largest aid country to China, with a large amount of investment in China.

Although Japan's move was opposed by several Western allies, the G7 countries finally reached a consensus, "We must avoid isolating China in order to allow it to reform." After 1990, the diplomacy between China and Japan made honeymoon progress. In July of the same year, Japan resumed its aid loans to the CCP.

In 1991, Toshiki Kaibe, then Prime Minister of Japan, was invited to visit Beijing, and finally achieved King Akihito's visit to China in 1992.

The BBC stated that the "stable and open China policy" that Japan had hoped for seemed to be fulfilled. But today, 30 years later, Japan has once again come to a crossroads, facing the dilemma of how to get along with Beijing.

Since 2020, Beijing has concealed that the CCP virus has caused the epidemic to spread across the world and brought heavy disasters to people of all countries. So far, more than 18 million people have been infected and nearly 2 million have died.

In addition, the CCP’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan have made the international community increasingly vigilant. Western countries led by the United States have realized their own safety and have joined forces to encircle and suppress the CCP and "disconnect" from the CCP. Including Australia and Canada also attacked hard and criticized Beijing.

The BBC said that Japan’s current attitude is still relatively ambiguous. In response to the declassified documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" published an editorial saying that in the past 30 years, China's development direction is completely different from what you imagined. The CCP has grown into an economy three times larger than Japan.

The editorial said that the CCP is oppressing basic human rights. As a member of the international community, Japan should express a clearer position with the CCP, reflect on its weak attitudes and learn lessons.

Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" also criticized that the attitude towards the CCP in the past 30 years has been misguided, and the Japanese government should deeply reflect on it. The report believes that Xi Jinping's authoritarian behaviour and the use of huge economic power to cultivate military power are also responsible for such threats to Japan. They also believe that the CCP should not allow Xi Jinping to visit Japan as a state guest because the CCP does not attach importance to human rights issues.

Shizuoka Prefectural University, Professor Suwa Kazuki, who specializes in modern Chinese politics, said that Hong Kong was once the touchstone for people's expectations that China could be democratized first, but it has suffered more oppression than expected. In the face of the CCP where there is no possibility of democratization, Japan should take the experience of 30 years ago and calmly judge the next step.

Kyoto University professor Nakanishi Teru Masa also said that China and Japan have their geographical similarities. The Japanese side looked forward to China's reform and opening up and let Japan embark on a pro-China line. This expectation that the economy will affect democracy has caused misjudgments in the world.