Letters

Beware of Japan's dirty games

Comment on "Japan's 'checkbook diplomacy' could bounce: Observers", (China Daily, Dec 16)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe presented the Association of Southeast Asian Nations a proposal of establishing something similar to the notorious "Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere" which was advocated by imperial Japan before and during World War II. Japan had then promised the co-prosperity sphere would be an area of shared prosperity after white colonizers were kicked out of Asia. In reality, however, it was one of intensive exploitation of the people and theft of resources of the region by Japan; hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation and many more were summarily executed by Japanese troops.