Thank god, the last thing we need is to self-cripple ourselves even more. Our economy is hot garbage, the yen has the worst relative buying power in…forever. When our economy still had the appearance of being healthy I think people were more willing to go along with what the US told us to do. Unless you work for some western company paying you in USD, most people feel the strain now.
Chinese EVs do fairly well here (I drive a BYD now) and there seems to in general be less of a kneejerk anti-China sentiment when it comes to business and trade. We don’t explicitly ban most chinese tech. I think a lot of people do still prefer the big domestic brands, but you can go buy a huawei phone or byd car if you want to.
I would love to see Japan adopt a much more pro-China stance. I don’t think it’s off the table from China’s POV either, assuming we can stop getting reactionary assholes in power who insist on antagonizing China at every opportunity. Which is admittedly maybe a big ask.
The big problem for Japan is that it’s subject to US protection racket the same way as Europe. US requires China to be a threat in order to continue to justify its occupation the same way Russia has to be a threat for Europe to justify NATO.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
