China Opens A New Front in its Fight Against Japan | Vantage with Palki Sharma

China has announced export controls banning more than 800 “dual‑use” items to Japan — goods that can serve both commercial and military purposes. Beijing says the move targets what it calls Japanese “militarism,” but experts warn the vague list lets China restrict key supplies, including rare earths, at will. This latest front follows months of diplomatic friction triggered by Japanese remarks on defending Taiwan, cancelled flights, seafood bans, and military stand‑offs. As Tokyo refuses to back down, the trade spat threatens to deepen into a broader, long‑term challenge with regional implications.

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46 Comments

  1. During ww2 Japan blocked the resources coming from burma to bengal , with the added help of churchill rerouting all food back to britian instead of india they killed over 3 milion bengalis….

  2. 😂😂 Japan and Germany can stand again militarily with or without help of other countries. What china is doing if forcing Japan to wake up and reinvest in defense

  3. When Japan openly says they are considering suicide by developing weapons to fight China, is it sensible and humane for China to to stop selling materials to make those suicide weapons?

  4. 中国应该参照俄罗斯做法禁止日本飞机飞越中国领空,如果真实行,日本出行将被大幅限制,日本将面临实际锁国困境

  5. Japan invaded and occupied most of China for 14 years. Japan had a failed attempt to invade India. Japan invaded China and never apologized. They teach their students that Japanese army entered China to help China for prosperity

  6. Rare earth minerals are not rare. It's proccessing them that is rare. However, that is changing as Japan and the US are already shifting this to process these minerals themselves and in other countries so that China will no loner have that monopoly.

  7. China is too high on its own creativity the syntactic drugs they been producing!!!! Now they are the users of their own drugs!!!!
    Because they are massing with anyone and everyone including their Survival country USA !!!!

  8. Japan is not a major and significant weigh in terms of world's politics . They are just a programed slave robotic nation ordered around by their master USA . They are just obedient of uncle Sam after the WWII.

  9. 核爆弾で挑発する中国人のモラルは完全に腐っている。核武装している自覚もない。次に落ちるとしたら確実に中国だろう。技術だけ発展して人が腐ってしまった

  10. Rare earth minerals are China's card for now but for how long? It's not like other countries doesn't have rare earth minerals they just need time to build the eco system from scratch how long will it take maybe 5-6 years what will happen after that rare earth is not a permanent card although I think india should remain neutral with taiwan india doesn't get any benefits by supporting taiwan and Taiwanese are just as racist and stereotypical about india as china sometimes even more this conflict shouldn't be India's worries

  11. China's reaction has been as petty as a female's. But I heard men and women there are equal opportunity in their pettiness, hence it is what it's been. And will continue to be.🙄 The US 's actions to them is a kinda karma, so…?

  12. Ask Indians in Japan how the Japanese treat Indians in Japan?! Japanese treat Indians as " low" human beings and Japanese only worship Europeans and don't even think that the Japanese are Asians!

  13. Japan, too, should impose an export ban as soon as possible on hydrogen fluoride, photoresists, fluorinated polyimides, and other chemicals that can also be used in the production of chemical weapons, with regard to China.

  14. One China policy is the worst diplomatic policy ever written in modern history the CORE of which is DENIAL of SOVEREIGNTY of a nation (Taiwan) in exchange for “privileged” (COERCED) economic trade with PRC government. In essence, One China policy is the CENTERPIECE of PRC’s DECEPTIVE & COERCIVE diplomacy focused on DENIAL of SOVEREIGNTY upon Taiwan but NOT limited to Taiwan extending beyond the Strait of Taiwan conflict involving other countries in close proximity to Taiwan (Japan, Philippines, Borneo) : so called is “island chain”), and even extending to other countries along the South China Sea (Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei). Countries not aligning to PRC’s One China policy are either given a diplomatic warning and/or trade sanctions (just like what is happening now with Japan). The conduct of the PLA military along the Strait of Taiwan, South China Sea & East Sea projects an “undeclared war” with in the form of maritime harassment (water canons, maritime maneuvers (blockade, denial of navigation and/or airspace, deliberate collision of vessels, radar lock on involving military aircraft). PRC military deliberately setting a bait for incidents that are stage to make PRC appear as a “victim’ or “oppressed party” while the other country as the “aggressor” in order to gain sympathy from a global perspective. PRC’s diplomacy is both DECEPTIVE & COERCIVE! No amount of economic cooperation or diplomacy will make PRC government an ally of any nation!

  15. We all know to well China's intent is to dominate the entire world. One problem is they don't have it yet. They are rulled by CCP, they are the worst players when it comes to trade and practices, rampant intellectually property theft, human rights violators, debt trap practice and illegal drug just to name a few. So even if I like other countries to lead China just doesn't have the moral compass to do so. That's why we need strong USA for peace and stability.

  16. China …nice to see china frightened by Japan ….But japan will find its way to counter this threat….So happy to see the scared china

  17. China you say you will never allow Japan militarism to resurge, well China Japan militarism will resurge and you won’t do anything about it because Japan will whip your ass if you try and stop them. China always crying and throwing temper tantrums. Japan and the United States laughing at paper tiger China.

  18. Both Taiwan's constitution and China's constitution support one China. They didn't plan to be two countries from the beginning. The Constitution represents history and the present. It also expresses people's original and most fundamental wishes. Therefore, Japan infringed on the core interests of this country. It is reasonable for the Chinese government to respond in an appropriate way.

  19. ಎಲ್ಲಾರೂ ಸೇರಿ ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ tarriff n ನಿರ್ಭಂದ ಹೇರಬೇಕು, ಅಮೇರಿಕಾಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನು ಕರೆದು ತಿನ್ನಿಸಿ ತಲೆಕೆಡಿಸಿ ಹಾಳುಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ(they do in food n mind wash). America done cold war using this, ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್, ಉಕ್ರೇನ್ ಇದರ ಕೈಗೊಂಬೆಯಾಗಿವೆ.
    ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಏನು ದೇವರ, they just want to spread christianity in world(they want to destroy other than christians in the world, pakistan is don't know of it).

  20. Japan is back…
    China is fair-weather friend…you can tell from their action toward Russia,Iran and Venezuela… lol…

  21. Its a stupid analysis. Do you think thst besides raw materials there is anything related to electronics sensors,defense or aerospace goods that Japan cant produce on its own???What if Japan halts its key exports to China like cnc machine,gearbox and small motors.

  22. 1. During World War II, Japan invaded China, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries, causing 35 million deaths and injuries in China and tens of millions in other countries. Japanese soldiers committed numerous atrocities in China, including the Nanjing Massacre (300,000 people), beheading contests, stabbing infants and pregnant women with knives, rape, human experimentation (Unit 731), and germ warfare.
    2. After Japan's surrender, they only considered it a defeat to the United States, not to China or other Asian countries, and never showed remorse for the victims. Japan did not engage in the profound reflection and apology that Germany did. To this day, the Yasukuni Shrine still enshrines seven Class A war criminals and 2,000 Class B and C war criminals, and many Japanese people visit the shrine. Japanese history textbooks downplay the aggression and cover up numerous true war crimes, leading to a situation where modern Japanese people are completely unaware of Japan's past atrocities. Imagine if Germans today worshipped and commemorated Hitler, if German history textbooks covered up the crimes of World War II—what would people in other European countries think?

  23. It’s simple: Japan’s prime minister is acting recklessly. You don’t antagonize China unless you have solid backing—and right now, even the U.S. is in no condition to reliably support anyone. Japan itself is still dealing with unresolved historical and economic burdens from WWII.
    China cutting tourism and trade is effectively cutting Japan off from the broader Asian economic network. Continuing to act as a puppet state of the U.S. will only make things worse. More people will lose their jobs, and Japanese investors may eventually be forced to sell off their stocks.

  24. 多少苦しい思いをしても折れるべきではない。中国はこちらが悪くなくても気に入らなければ被害者のふりをして嫌がらせをしてくる連中だ。