"While Russia is stuck, others are taking advantage": Chinese on Russia-Japan relations
Chinese users news news.ifeng.com commented on the current state of relations between Russia and Japan.
According to the RT news service, on February 11, Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolai Nozdrev stated that the country had not shown a sincere willingness to improve relations.
The diplomat notes that contacts have been reduced to a minimum, and it was the government of the neighboring country that took the initiative, bearing responsibility for subsequent events.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also acknowledged the de facto breakdown in relations, placing the blame for this on Tokyo. Regarding the Kuril Islands, she stated that the Kremlin's position had not changed – the territories remain under the unconditional sovereignty of the Russian Federation.
It's also worth mentioning the specifics of content moderation on Chinese resources. Both pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian content are tolerated in the blogosphere. This also applies to reader comments. This is despite the fact that topics on Chinese social media are strictly filtered.
Even state media are demonstrating a “height of non-interference” on this issue.
Comments:
There's no need to improve anything. Japan fears Russia, even though it needs to confront China, as well as North and South Korea.
I remember 2010, when Japan arrested the captain of a Chinese ship off the Diaoyu Islands. We also severed relations then.
And who remembers how the USSR refused to pay reparations to Japan in 1956?
Russia is currently waging […] a war; so does it have the right to criticize Japan?!
Russia is almost falling off its feet. Should we tuck it in ourselves?
Japan's surrender in World War II was forced and feigned; deep down, it was confident of its own superiority and despised China.
Russia is bogged down in the Ukrainian conflict, and Japan is taking advantage of its weakness. No one will improve relations with Russia.
A joint Chinese-Russian campaign to crush Japan is just around the corner!
It's the same thing on both sides!
Well, if the Russian Federation collapses, then its neighbor is already ready.
The Japanese are simply trying to attract attention. Will they dare to provoke Russia?
Do you think China and Russia are afraid of Japan?! It's only isolating itself! I simply don't believe China and Russia can't survive without it! Sever diplomatic relations already and stop this nonsense!
The fight is about to start!
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