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Oh I quite agree. They gave it away slightly yesterday when they told protesters to not attend unofficial rallies! [img]smile.gif[/img]
And actually Japan has a seriously beefy military, despite popular perception. The CIA world factbook puts them 4th in the world going by expenditure. In 2003 China was at number 2 yet only spent $20bn more than Japan which doesn't seem that much when compared to the massive gap to the US at number 1. Plus it's widely believed that Japan could aquire nuclear weapons within 2 - 3 years with American assistance if the need ever arose.
So I think they're pretty secure really. What's more likely than the antagonising theory is that it's just cack-handed diplomacy. Perhaps they wanted to send a message of displeasure to the Chinese over the riots. Seems like not the best course of action though
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