CHINA WILL KEEP UNITED STATES AND JAPAN TOGETHER IN FUTURE.(Editorial)(Column)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: February 29, 1996 | Copyright information

With the Soviet threat now gone, and U.S. soldiers increasingly unpopular in Japan because of rape incidents in Okinawa, a lot of people are wondering how long the U.S.-Japan security alliance will hold and how long the U.S. will be able to station 47,000 troops here. Well, stop worrying. While the question is a legitimate one, the answer is obvious - even though neither United States nor Japanese officials want to utter it aloud. So let me just whisper it here: What will keep the United States and Japan together in the coming decade is C-h-i-n-a.

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