International announcement.
[In Character]
TRANSCRIPT TOKYO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 3:54 AM MDT - STATEMENT OF THE PRIME MINSTER
Thank you for coming at this inconvenient hour.
The current regime in mainland China is a pirate state, lawless and disordered. It's continued dominance of the majority of the territory of that great country, which should be the valued friend and elder teacher of all the world, is an international crime. In response to Chinese provocations, building for many years and not limited to their current hostility in the Pacific, the nation of Japan hereby withdraws its recognition of the legitimacy of the government of China.
In accordance with the appropriate international norms of diplomatic law, the government of the island province of Taiwan is recognized by Japan, pro tempore, as the legitimate, if partially exiled, government of the country of China. Japan pledges its support to that government in its defense of its lawful prerogatives in Chinese affairs, up to and including the removal of criminal bandits who have for too long been a stain on the Chinese nation's reputation.
I will be speaking personally to an emergency session of the Diet this evening to make a set of proposals, all of which I have been informed reliably by members of both coalition and opposition parties will be strongly approved of.
1. Japan cuts off all trade and economic commerce with mainland China. No flights will continue from Japanese territory to Chinese territory. Favorable tax and regulatory treatment for Japanese firms which transfer their Chinese business to Taiwanese companies will be expedited through the Diet.
2. Japan transfers all aid, economic support, subsidy, tariff and other legal treatment, in any way favorable to China, to the government of Taiwan, effective immediately. Any legal penalties, fees, costs, tariffs, or other structures negative or harmful to China are NOT transferred to Taiwan, and remain in effect against mainland China so long as the current regime holds power.
3. Regretfully, because of the entrenched nature of the Chinese pirate state and its willingness to use weapons of horrible power against its fellow human beings, the nation of Japan with a heavy heart announces that it will seek to develop weapons of mass destruction to be integrated into our military force. We request the aid of our allies in this.
4. Effective one hour from the receipt of this message, and under my personal military authority as head of state pending authorized (and expected) legislative oversight, the military forces of the nation of China under the current regime are banned from the entirety of the Pacific Ocean, including and especially any portion of that body adjoining the island of Taiwan. Japanese forces in the Pacific are authorized and instructed to destroy any and all Chinese military forces they encounter. A temporary abeyance on enforcement of this order is offered to any Chinese-flagged military vessel heading plainly, peaceably, and at maximum operating speed directly back towards its base of its operation, for the next however many hours are required for such voyages to be speedily completed.
(*A reporter violates protocol most shockingly and insists on being heard. They demand to know whether this is a declaration of war against China.*)
An excellent question. No, release him, officer, he is doing his job as a member of a democracy, a place where questions are allowed - even if they are rude and come seconds before I was about to ask for them. I commend your spirit, young man, even as I chide your manners. No, we are not declaring war on China. The government of China, in Taiwan, is our friend and we hope eternal ally, as a fellow democracy and a state which looks to the well-being of all of Asia. There are pirates calling themselves China out there starting wars; we cannot have that. It is not Japan's place to tell the Chinese people what to do in China, but in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan is in alliance with the free nations of the world, Japan will not allow pirates to operate under any flag.
They will be sunk. They will be shot down. They will be brought to the bottom of the sea and their blood will enrich the land that our colony sought to build in peace for all people - China included.
One hour. No further questions at this time. Thank you.
[OOC]
There, that's my order for the last war round. China, we see a flag that looks anything like yours on anything made out of metal that has a gun on it, and its underneath, on or over the Pacific Ocean, it's scrap metal. We stand with Australia, as they have stood with us. Back off and get your antiquated tin cans out of my ocean or find out how many countries it takes to blow your widdle kingdom into the middle of next week.