On May 10, an article in the Global Times, which is affiliated to the People's Daily, asserted that the Ryukyu issue offered leverage to China. If Japan chooses to be antagonistic, it said, China can take a number of steps, culminating with “fostering forces in Okinawa that seek the restoration of the independence of the Ryukyu Chain ... China should impose threats on the country's integrity.” Interestingly, the threat to support secessionist forces in Japan comes in the wake of a similar threat to the United Kingdom, apparently in retaliation for Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama a year ago.
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