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Keropero-san,

I know you love your country and your people. That is why you care so much about what's going on in China. If you think that China is becoming more militarist, there is nothing I can do to change your thought. Your brain isyours; you can think however you want. I have no power to control over your brain or mind.

As I said before, I have not studied political science or diplomacy before, therefore I'm quite uninformed on this. As a result, I don't know theinternationally recognized way of determining whether a country is militarist or not. I appreciate your efforts in establishing the 4 criteria of yours. Although you cannot prove that they are the "academically recognized" way of judging whether a country ismilitarist, they are certainly worth taking note of.

However, if you think you can persuade all Chinese people that China is becoming militant because it fits your 4 criteria, I think that the result won't be what you expected in the first place. Forexample, suppose you go to Beijing and tells a Chinese person on the street that China is militant because it fits your 4 criteria. I'm sure you won't get anywhere. If your goal is to show off your academic knowledge and take secret pride of "looking great"with your 4 criteria, then I guess you may find your time easier. However, if your goal is to truly build a "friendly" bridge between Japan and China, I think you will score a zero on that. This is just the same as Chinese people accusing Japanese peopleof militarism. We won't achieve anything by shouting insults at the Japanese or showing that militarism really exists in Japan by working our own "formula." I don't know what that formula is. If you want to know, go and ask some Chinese politicalscientists or western China scholars.

When one makes an effective policy, the facts are not the primary factor and there is only one goal: to achieve the goal while not incurring another chain of new problems. However, the world, as always, does notwork in the way we want it to. The cycle is:

Problem -- ->Issue -- ->Solution -- ->New problem.

You and I are both at the "Problem" stage getting into the "Issue" stage. However, what you're doing (like stating merely "facts" of theJapanese side and jumping to a conclusion which leaves no room for maneoveur) is not helping us reach the "Solution" stage.

In order to get to the "solution" stage, both the Chinese and Japanese sides must open up their minds and be at least willingto consider what the other side is claiming. Then some kind of compromise should be worked out.