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Anti-China Circles Hijack Shinzo Abe Narrative – The New Atlas

 Fri 5:52 pm Europe/London, 8 Jul 2022  
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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…

 

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