Anti-China Circles Hijack Shinzo Abe Narrative

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in Nara, Japan while giving a speech. A suspect, a local resident allegedly a former member of Japan’s military, was detained. While the motives are still being investigated, anti-China circles are already leveraging the event to direct anger and suspicion toward Beijing.

In reality – only the United States benefits from this event and the notion of blaming China for it – escalating tensions in Asia – a region the US finds its power and influence over waning.

References:

BBC – Shinzo Abe: Killing of Japan’s ex-PM described as ‘barbaric’:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-6…

Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity – Japan 2019:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore…