The following is from a feature article titled "Sanae Takaichi: A Whirlwind" in WiLL, a monthly magazine released on September 27.
Which features a conversation between critic Shi Ping and political scientist Atsushi Iwata titled "Taro Kono, who can't deny the Kono Statement, is a dupe for China."
A politician who China criticizes is a sign of a good politician for Japan.
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The emphasis in the text except for the headline is mine.
Iwata
Kim Philby, a spy for the British intelligence agency M16, was so talented that he was even nominated for director-general. Still, it was discovered that he was a Soviet spy, and it defected to the Soviet Union.
As you can see from this, the Communist Party is very skillful at manipulating information warfare.
Shi Ping
Another reason why the KMT lost was that it no longer had the backing of the United States.
At that time, the KMT was a corrupt, dictatorial party run by Chiang Kai-shek.
It was not a party that shared the same values as the United States.
At the same time, the United States was deceived by the propaganda efforts of the Chinese Communist Party.
Before the civil war, the U.S. sent a delegation to visit the CCP in Yan'an.
First, CCP-affiliated newspapers published daily articles praising American democracy.
Then, when the American delegation arrived, the CCP officials changed from luxurious clothes to coarse clothes to welcome them and even prepared a rundown house and held a modest banquet.
The U.S. inspection team was rather impressed by such hospitality.
They had been fed up with the vast banquets held every day and every night by the Nationalists in Nanjing.
Iwata
The U.S. perception at the time was that the Chinese Communist Party was advocating democracy.
That's why the U.S. was fooled by Mao Zedong and his team's earnest performance.
Shi Ping
Moreover, it wasn't just Mao and the upper echelons, but even the soldiers at the end of the line were thoroughly trained to deceive the U.S.
The soldiers were all saying, "We love democracy! (laughs).
Soldiers who cannot read or write cannot possibly know anything about democracy. They were indoctrinated to answer that way.
This kind of propaganda work by the CCP is still alive today.
Since the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, the Chinese side plans every time a Japanese delegation, writer, or university professor visits China. It executes a thorough propaganda campaign a month in advance.
At the end of the visit, the propaganda officers would say, "Well, we were able to fool the foreigners again today. They're really gullible, aren't they?
(laughs).
