The South China Morning Post itself recently wrote on speculation that Beijing could try to challenge Tokyo’s control of Okinawa, given its history and proximity to Taiwan.[0]

[0] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333468/ch...

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SenHeng 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

About a decade ago, some Chinese propagandists were encouraging calling Okinawa the Ryukyu kingdom and trying to ferment an independence campaign. It didn’t get too far.

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decimalenough 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ryukyu was an independent kingdom with its own ruling court, language, culture etc until 1872, when it was annexed by Japan. Quite a few Okinawans would rather like to return to the previous state of affairs, although probably not if it involves exchanging the Japanese yoke for the Chinese one. (Ryukyu was a Qing tributary, but the Qing had bigger problems on their hands than worrying about a bunch of small islands.)

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laughing_man 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not "ferment". "Foment".

	▲	forinti 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nice analogy though.

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ferguess_k 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is to counter the claim of the Japanese PM that Japan might join in the war if China goes for Taiwan.