America and Japan celebrated their 50th anniversary by signing the Treaty of Security and Safeguard Between Japan and United States on January 19. They also issued a joint statement and insisted that they need to cement their security pact for dealing with the changing of security environments in the world. According to Global Times, over 90 percent of the Chinese feel threatened by the pact. One Chinese scholar said, "The security pact between the U.S. and Japan is a kind of a prevention strategy against China."
Global Times interviewed Wang Shao Pu, the head professor at the Center for Japanese Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he said, "The treaty focused on security, military alliance, and it is a relic of the Cold War."
After both governments stressed their alliance, most of the Chinese think, "America and Japan actually intend to impose restrictions on China." Global Times carried out a survey targeting Chinese netizens and fifteen hundred Chinese voted. The result showed that over 90 percent of Chinese think that the security pact is for coping with China.
