Nothing sparks paranoia in a nation's leaders than to find their country cut off by menacing states. It's a situation that has given rise to more than one European war and now it seems to be happening to China.
Al Jazeera reports that Japan's new leader, Abe, has come out in favour of renewed and strengthened ties between Japan and the United States. National security is the top priority for the new Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe:
"The security situation surrounding Japan has changed drastically with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles as well as a series of regional conflicts," Abe said.
"In order to guarantee peace, stability, independence, freedom, democracy and to protect the lives of Japanese people, we need to further strengthen the US-Japan alliance."
As part of that alliance, Tokyo and Washington are to discuss plans in February for their troops to jointly deal with a potential conflict between China and Taiwan.
Defence and foreign affairs officials are to assess possible crisis situations that could occur across the Taiwan Straits, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing officials from both countries.
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