On page 13 of today's Sankei Shimbun, the Opinion section, there is a genuine article by three reporters who embody the fact that Sankei Shimbun is now the real journalism.
Initially, for me, television was for watching live sports.
Before Hollywood rubbed off on China, I used to watch American movies on wowow.
It is no exaggeration to say that Hollywood is now making movies for the "market of 1.4 billion people," which is the trap that Xi Jinping is setting for the liberal camp.
In other words, they are making movies for the people, who are not human beings at all, but people who have accepted the nightmare surveillance society completed by Xi Jinping, the worst dictator in the history of the Communist Party.
Not only are they suffocating in a stronghold of pseudo-moralism and political correctness, but they are also making movies for the people who are Xi Jinping's cyborgs.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is no longer a movie that any sane person can watch.
I watched the two evening news programs on T.V. Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo. Still, I was so disgusted by the heavy use of Naomi Trauden and Akira Ikegami in their programming that I stopped watching most of them.
The Communist Party is about propaganda, but communism is about waging a propaganda war against the international community.
That's why China is using all kinds of methods to trick the rest of the world.
China is scheming with a high school student named Greta Thunberg in the West and a college student named Naomi Trauden in Japan on global warming and the SDGs.
The fact that Suga's cabinet call Naomi Trauden a member of some committee is entirely unacceptable.
I guess it's just another example of how populism (mass media) has invaded politics.
The following article proves that the liberal camp falls into the Chinese trap utterly.
The world and people are so stupid that they are easily fooled by Xi Jinping when they are poisoned by pseudo-moralism.
It proves that the major countries of the G7 have reached the same stupidity as the Japanese people who have been reading the Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun since they became aware of it.
China must be smiling with glee as it manipulates the Western nations poisoned by pseudo-moralism and political correctness like a twisted baby's hand.
The following is an article by Jiro Otani, deputy editor and editorial board member of the Sankei Shimbun.
The emphasis in the text except for the headline is mine.
Don't allow China's expansion to be misused as a "developing country": Draw up a strategy to pressure Japan and the U.S. to "decarbonize.
Japan's Family Situation
"While respecting the circumstances of each country, we would like to contribute to the maximum extent possible by seeking a path suitable for each."
Hiroshi Kajiyama, head of the Ministry of Economic, Trade, and Industry, said at a meeting of climate and environment ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations, held online on June 20.
In preparation for the G7 summit scheduled for June, the United Kingdom, which holds the presidency of the G7, has proposed to the G7 nations to include in the joint statement "the abolition of coal-fired power generation at the earliest possible date.
The U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and Canada are also forward‐looking about abolishing coal-fired power generation, but some circumstances make this unacceptable to Japan.
About 40% of Japan's CO2 emissions (about 1.1 billion tons per year) come from power plants and other sources, of which coal-fired power plants account for about half.
Compared to oil and natural gas, coal is less expensive and can be procured stably from overseas, which has supported Japan's economic development.
Of course, with the global trend of decarbonization, thermal power generation is being reduced, and renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are being expanded.
However, solar and other forms of energy are easily affected by natural conditions, and a certain amount of thermal power is needed to provide a stable supply of electricity.
Moreover, Japan has positioned the export of thermal power generation technology, which boasts the world's highest level of power generation efficiency and low CO2 emissions, as a pillar of its "infrastructure system export strategy."
For this reason, there is a widespread sense of crisis among government officials that if Japan backs off, China will quickly move in.
*This paper proves that the Japanese government is wise and the mass media is entirely ignorant and stupid.
Not only are they unenlightened, but they are entirely manipulated by China, which is the reality of newspapers such as Asahi, Mainichi, Tokyo, Nikkei, and T.V. stations such as NHK.*
At the G7 meeting, Kajiyama explained the stricter requirements for export support for coal-fired power plants and asked for understanding.
The Art of Economic Diplomacy
There is a term called economic statecraft," said Akira Amari, Chairman of the Tax Commission of the Liberal Democratic Party and an expert on energy policy.
The term "economic statecraft" refers to the strategy of using economic means to influence other countries for the benefit of the country without using military force.
The term is also translated as "economic national policy" or "economic diplomacy."
Mr. Amari said, "The same is true for exports and imports. If we can create a situation of dependence where the economy cannot exist without that country, it will become a weapon.
*It brilliantly demonstrated the ability of this real politician with rare insight during the negotiations with the U.S. The Japanese people must know that the weekly magazine that temporarily disqualified him, so to speak, is a media outlet that is entirely under the control of China.*
If China replaces Japan in exporting thermal power technology to developing countries and creates dependence on China in the energy sector, it will significantly influence it.
In fact, at the climate change summit held online in April, China emphasized cooperation with developing countries that put economic development first.
Japan, the U.S., the U.K., and other countries have announced new medium-term targets for greenhouse gas reductions.
Japan announced that it would reduce its emissions by 46% in FY2030 compared to FY2013. It is a significant increase from the previous target of 26%.
The United States set a 50-52% reduction from 2005 in 2018, and the United Kingdom announced a 78% reduction from 1990 in 1935.
China, however, has not agreed to set a new reduction target.
It emits about 9.8 billion tons of C02 per year (2019), about 30% of the world's total.
Even though its emissions are almost twice as high as those of the U.S., which is the second-highest, China has yet to set a new reduction target, stating that it will start to reduce its emissions by 30 years.
U.S. President Biden, with China in mind, called for "significant countries to raise their reduction targets."
In response, President Xi Jinping argued that "developed countries should show greater ambition and action, and at the same time appropriately help developing countries accelerate their green and low-carbon transition."
This was supposed to be a way for the developed countries to put pressure on China by working together to lead the way in reducing their emissions," said a senior METI official.
Not only does China not care, but it has also made its aggressive stance with developed countries clear from the standpoint of a developing country, as it has done in the past.
The persistent "dichotomy theory"
Initially, the 197 countries and regions that concluded the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (effective 1994) were divided into two groups, "developed countries" and "developing countries," based on the annexes to the Convention.
The 43 industrialized countries and regions were obligated to reduce their emissions with numerical targets, but developing countries were not required to show specific reduction targets.
China, which had the world's tenth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), was treated as a developing country.
Although the Paris Agreement, a new framework to be implemented from 2020 (effective in 2016), requires all countries and regions to submit reduction targets, the "dichotomy" persists. The reduction targets for developing countries have been set as effort provisions.
Furthermore, developed countries are required to provide funds to support developing countries.
Japan has announced that it will contribute up to $3 billion (about 329 billion yen) to the treaty's Green Climate Fund.
However, China's contribution is zero.
Besides, it has received 1.2% of the approved amount of aid (about $100 million).
It is even though China is now the world's second-largest economy.
China overtook Japan in GDP to become the world's second-largest economy in 2010.
China's rapid increase in C02 emissions in the 2000s shows that the country continued its high economic growth while burning cheap coal and converting it into electricity.
Moreover, it will continue to emit C02 for the next 30 years.
It is somewhat consistent with the prediction and analysis that "China will overtake the U.S. as the world's number one economy by 2035."
China is also accelerating its shift to renewable energy.
It has become one of the world's top producers of solar panels and wind power generation equipment, and its exports to other countries are expanding.
Mr. Amari said, "China is trying to replace Japan's thermal power exports to developing countries by fueling environmental public opinion," while creating a flow of expansion of solar and wind power in developed countries, from China. They are planning to export in large quantities. "
"It's a knock two birds out with one stone operation," he says.
*The weekly magazine that temporarily disgraced him, so to speak, is a media outlet that is entirely under the control of China. It proves that the government is competent and the mass media is entirely ignorant.*
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Nevertheless, we cannot afford to run for cover as the battle for leadership in decarbonization accelerates.
We cannot afford to fall into the pace of China, which plays the role of both an economic superpower and a developing country.
The unity of the United States, the world's largest economy, and Japan, the third-largest, will be essential to counter China.
Prime Minister Suga and Mr. Biden also confirmed that the "climate partnership" agreed to at the Japan-U.S. summit in April "will ensure that critical stakeholders fulfill their international obligations and responsibilities in a manner commensurate with their positions."
It is clear that China is on their minds, ready to step up the pressure.
At the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom in November this year, China will not be treated as a developing country and will be pressed to take responsible action toward decarbonization.
However, it is not easy to position China as a developed country under the treaty, as it requires approval from various countries and other procedures to change the treaty.
Japan and the U.S. will consider reviewing the fund's operation and imposing a contribution burden on China or making it ineligible to receive assistance, thereby effectively removing it from the developing world.
Japan should not get carried away only by the figures of the reduction target but should work closely with the U.S. to develop and implement a strategy that will surely lead other developing countries.
