Former Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Sha Zukang has warned
that the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands could
lead to World War III.
Image: Sha Zukang (YouTube).
Citing
a Chinese-language piece written by Zukang for the the pro-regime
Global Times, a report in the China Times says that Zukang warned of the
futility of going to war over "those two tiny rocks," a reference to
the disputed islands which have become the center of a geopolitical tug
of war between China and Japan, with the United States and South Korea
also becoming embroiled.
"If China started a war with Japan, it
would be much larger than both the Sino-Japanese War and World War II,
said Sha. The United States and Japan should cooperate with China to
maintain regional peace," states the report.
Zukang's rhetoric
sounds somewhat alarmist but it is not that different in tone from sober
analysts such as Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, who warned that the
escalating crisis represents a "watershed moment for the world" and
means "Asia is on the cusp of a full-blown arms race."
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Zukang was
appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last year as the
under-secretary-general for the UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs. He also served as Chinese ambassador to the United Nations
Office at Geneva.
Zukang is known as an
outspoken figure who previously said the United States should "shut up"
over its complaints about Beijing's military build-up.
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