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Japan, China and South Korea, meet at a geopolitical 'turning point in history' (www.reuters.com)

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"Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history," Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. "That makes it even more important to overcome division and confrontation through dialogue and cooperation," he added.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

The US has a huge amount of economic leverage over them by design, so they can't just openly go against the US demands. It's going to be a process from realizing they need to wean themselves off the US market to actually making it happen.