Geopolitics
A Ghost from 1895: Japan's Provocation in the Taiwan Strait and the Struggle for Asian Sovereignty
On April 17, 2026, Japan's deliberate provocation of sending a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait on the painful anniversary of the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki has ignited a furious response from China. This brazen act by a state with a colonial past is a vile insult to China's sovereignty and a dangerous resurrection of neo-militarist ghosts, exposing the West's cynical support for destabilizing forces in Asia.
