[People News] The Wall Street Journal recently reported that in response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statement that “a Taiwan contingency is a Japan contingency,” Xue Jian, the Chinese Consul General in Osaka, posted on the social platform X threatening to “behead” her. The report said this was a deliberate act approved by top-level leadership, intended to test Japan’s attitude. The information reportedly came from individuals close to Beijing’s decision-making circle.

Who is the “top-level leadership” mentioned by those close to Beijing’s decision-makers? Without any doubt, it is Xi Jinping, who personally deploys and personally commands everything. Xi had just met with Sanae Takaichi, and domestic propaganda was still glorifying the meeting. Then Takaichi’s single sentence—“A Taiwan contingency is a Japan contingency”—blew Xi’s mind apart. Where was Xi supposed to put his face now?! The leader who claims to point direction for the whole world was unexpectedly rebuked by a Japanese woman.

Takaichi’s words also blew up the entire wolf pack inside the CCP’s wolf lair. Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong pompously invented a new diplomatic term, “acting upon instructions,” when summoning his counterpart. A bureau-level diplomat surnamed Liu even wore a Zhongshan suit and kept both hands in his pockets while meeting a Japanese official—displaying a completely rogue street-thug demeanor in full view of the world, disgracing not only himself but the nation. People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and CCTV—all top state-run media—opened their mouths like shrews cursing in the marketplace, writing in vulgar and filthy language inferior to that of elementary school students. All of this, presumably, was also “acting upon instructions.” With Xi Jinping’s primary-school education, his mind contains nothing more than the dirty ditches of Liangjiahe, yet he is able to treat “roll up your sleeves and work hard” as if it were a divine proclamation. To cater to his tastes, those sycophantic writers and speechwriters eagerly debase themselves into literary thugs and semi-illiterate hacks.

Over these past two weeks, the CCP has been extremely busy—Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of State Security, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Commerce, Coast Guard, all four Theater Commands, Party media, military media, Cyberspace Administration, consulates, Photoshop “Little Generals”… every department mobilized. All platforms launched a saturation-style barrage of bluster, forcibly escalating a diplomatic friction into a unique, unprecedented international scandal.

First came the “beheading theory” and “hands-in-pockets scandal,” followed by “heavy dishes”: seafood import bans on Japan, tourism bans, anime bans. The CCP also maliciously delayed or canceled events for Japanese companies in China. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning publicly stated that during the G20, Premier Li Qiang would not meet Japanese leaders. The CCP’s Foreign Ministry proved its reputation once again—hardcore wolf-warrior diplomacy, an outright “Ministry of Breaking Relations.” The CCP cranked everything to maximum power, determined not to stop until fully decoupled from Japan.

Once the news came out, Japanese social media celebrated. Many Japanese netizens straightforwardly said, “Now Japan can relax.” One Japanese professor exclaimed, “Thank you, China!” The posts instantly drew over ten million views. Many also nodded approvingly, saying “We’ve waited a long time!” A Japanese conservative Diet member, Naoki Hyakuta, sarcastically roasted the CCP: “Even if tourism is worth 2.2 trillion yen, dividing that among 120 million Japanese citizens is 18,000 yen per person. If spending just 18,000 yen means drastically reducing rude tourists, that’s a good thing.” Japan’s Minister of Economic Security, Onoda Kimi, directly stated Japan must not develop economic dependence on the CCP. Japanese Diet member Stone Hei (Sekihei) also supported Sanae Takaichi, urging the government to respond firmly and expel Xue Jian. The Japanese government moved quickly, boycotting events hosted by the Chinese Consulate in Osaka.

The CCP military seemed unwilling to fall behind. Military actions escalated: four Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered waters near the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, and a suspected Chinese drone flew between Yonaguni Island (Japan) and Taiwan. In a rare move, the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern Theater Commands all released promotional videos “warning Japan”: aircraft carriers, J-20 jets, DF missiles, Rocket Force launches—accompanied by menacing narration: “If you dare cross the line, you will not return!”

On November 21, the Chinese Embassy in Japan posted in both Chinese and Japanese on X claiming that under the “enemy state clauses” of the UN Charter, if former Axis powers such as Germany, Italy, or Japan again take any steps toward aggressive policy, founding UN members including China, France, the UK, and the U.S. have the right to take military action directly without UN Security Council authorization.

Netizens immediately ridiculed the CCP: “Just like Xianglin’s Wife,” “I’ll hit you! I’m gonna hit you! I’m really going to hit you! Believe it or not, I’ll hit you right now!” “The more they say, the more scared they are inside.” “Spoiling next year’s Spring Festival Gala sketches early.” “Who is the founding member of the UN? The Republic of China!” “Once the war starts, the human-mines (conscripts) will be liberated.”

This entire operation by the CCP—mobilizing all state media, launching direct insults, flooding social media algorithms with anti-Japan themes, wolf-warrior rhetoric from the Foreign Ministry, thuggish bluster, military propaganda videos, Coast Guard gray-zone maneuvers, economic coercion threats—instantly inflamed little-pink nationalism. Takaichi was demonized, Japan was belittled and vilified, and domestic issues such as rising unemployment and the mortgage-default wave were successfully diverted. The CCP was quite pleased, and its bluster was still escalating.

But the CCP always ends up lifting a stone only to smash its own foot—each time lifting a bigger stone, raising it higher, smashing its foot harder, until the sole and instep rot through. The tourism ban is a “Seven Wounds Fist”—Chinese travel agencies, airlines, and luxury-goods resellers have suffered heavy losses. Some Chinese netizens complained: “What if I want to go to Japan to buy a bidet toilet seat?” The crude language of state media and the rudeness of the Foreign Ministry were widely reported in the U.S., Europe, and Japan as “wolf-warrior diplomacy out of control” and “21st-century Cultural Revolution–style insults.” Meanwhile, Takaichi’s approval rating in Japan rose rather than fell—from 48% when she took office to 71%, a postwar record high. Among young people, her support exceeded 80%. The international community widely questioned the CCP’s extreme and crude behavior, and even Southeast Asian nations in the CCP’s “backyard” expressed concern about China’s coercive diplomacy.

A typical example is Singapore. A tiny nation, it traditionally balances diplomacy, avoids provoking great powers, and especially avoids angering the CCP. In Southeast Asia, Singapore is among the closest to Beijing. China is Singapore’s largest trading partner (bilateral trade exceeded 200 billion SGD in 2024), and Singapore has large investment in China and a large ethnic Chinese population. It has virtually never openly criticized Beijing.

Yet surprisingly, on November 19, 2025, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stated at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum: “We hope China and Japan can find a way to resolve these very complex issues and move forward. Southeast Asia has done this—we put history aside and now are important trade partners and friends with Japan.”

This was diplomatically elegant wording. On the surface, it sounded neutral; in reality, it implicitly criticized and advised the CCP: We in Southeast Asia were also invaded by Japan—that is history. Our countries have moved past it and reconciled successfully. But you, CCP, cannot let it go—clinging to old grievances, inciting hatred, overreacting. You should look forward; isn’t it better for everyone to be friends and conduct trade?

This was the most direct response from a Singaporean leader regarding China–Japan tensions. Why did Singapore choose to implicitly side with Japan and criticize the CCP? Because Singapore has seen how the CCP treated the Philippines, and also how it imposed economic sanctions on Australia and Lithuania from 2020 to 2023. Most importantly, Singapore heavily depends on Taiwan Strait security—99% of its trade flows through the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. If CCP wolf-warrior behavior causes a Taiwan Strait crisis, Singapore will be the first to suffer. If the CCP controls the Taiwan Strait, Singapore effectively becomes a CCP colony. Thus, Singapore has now awakened and refuses to indulge Beijing. As expected, the CCP had nothing to say in response.

Additionally, Singapore clearly understands that the U.S. and Japan are currently in a golden honeymoon period and are backed by the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. The CCP does not dare escalate recklessly. Sure enough, the U.S. recently issued a clear warning to the CCP, showing its hand.

On November 21, 2025, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Tommy Pigott posted on X (formerly Twitter): “Our commitment to the U.S.-Japan alliance and Japan’s defense is ironclad, including the Senkaku Islands, which are under Japan’s administration. The U.S.-Japan alliance remains a cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific.” Earlier, around November 20, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan also stated that the U.S. would “stand firmly with Japan” in any China–Japan dispute and criticized parts of China’s response as “absurd.”

Article 5 of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty states that any armed attack against territories under the administration of Japan is considered dangerous to the peace and safety of both parties, and both must act according to their constitutional processes to meet the common danger.

“Territories under Japan’s administration” includes the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu), which Japan actually controls. Nearly every U.S. administration has publicly acknowledged this. The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty is effectively a “nuclear umbrella.” The deputy spokesman’s statement was a stern warning to the CCP—a reminder not to go too far in its theatrics and cause a strategic miscalculation.

This CCP “saturation-bluster show” perfectly demonstrated what “strategic collapse born of strategic ignorance” looks like—completely derailed and overturned. While shouting “we will not hesitate to go to war” and “dare to draw the sword,” in reality attacking Japan means simultaneously fighting Japan, the U.S., and the West. A CCP attack on Taiwan would be far worse than Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Moreover, Xi Jinping does not dare distribute weapons freely among the military; he has offended the entire military system through his anti-corruption campaigns. If war really breaks out, who will command whom—the Party commanding the gun, or the gun commanding the Party? It is even possible the gun might directly eliminate the Party.

(People News Exclusive) △