261: Chapter 261 Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Against China! The Bizarre Thought Process of the US!

Japan's tearful complaints quickly drew support from many countries, including the vast majority of neutral nations and some countries that had been friendly with China for generations.

There was no help for it; watching China strike Japan with such heavy blows, no country could help but feel terrified!

This military action by China against Japan set countless precedents.

For example, it was the first military action by a developing nation against a developed nation, the first military action to succeed purely through ground combat, and the first military action to achieve victory on foreign soil with zero casualties...

Countless "firsts" showcased an epoch-making, terrifying military capability that was almost on par with the Gulf War at the end of the last century!

This kind of power, capable of directly deciding the life and death of another nation without any constraints, made it impossible for everyone not to feel deep fear!

Facing the accusations from various nations, the representative from China remained expressionless.

Until finally, the representative from the United States made the closing statement.

"This is a struggle between barbarism and civilization!"

"We, the United States, condemn and firmly reject this anti-human atrocity committed against Japan!"

"The United Nations must immediately launch a comprehensive investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Chinese Dragon Army in Japan, and a mandatory resolution must be issued immediately!"

"We must impose the strictest sanctions on China for its blatant violation of international law!"

"We, the United States, and the member states of the Western Alliance will, ahead of the United Nations, officially launch a comprehensive sanctions plan against China today!"

"This includes comprehensive sanctions measures in energy, finance, trade, technology, and individuals!"

"At the same time, we will also provide humanitarian aid to Japan..."

Listening to the words of the United States representative, many representatives from the Western Alliance had darkened expressions.

Except for the United Kingdom, which explicitly refused to sign, other countries had to bite the bullet and sign this sanctions resolution from the Western Alliance.

The vast majority of countries in the Western Alliance were opportunistic fence-sitters. Suddenly facing such a situation where they were forced to pick a side, they were as uncomfortable as could be.

They had plenty of left-wing capital in their own countries that had just negotiated cooperative relationships with the Chinese business community and were waiting to go to China to make money!

Now that things had turned out this way, didn't it mean they couldn't sit on the fence anymore? How were they supposed to make money?

But helplessly, China was indeed in the wrong first this time, and the one being militarily attacked was one of the Western Alliance's own. They couldn't just throw away their dignity for the sake of money!

They also didn't know if this set of sanctions would cause China to cancel the previous memoranda of cooperation...

The summary by the United States representative continued, and his next words caused the expressions of the other national representatives to change abruptly.

"...In order to prevent the conflict from resurging or further expanding!" the United States representative said loudly.

"The United States will provide Japan with 20 billion USD in military aid in the near future, including fighter jets, tanks, missiles..."

"At the same time, to prevent China from taking risks and endangering the safety of the Blue Planet!"

"We will deploy a large number of military forces to the Asia-Pacific region, including three carrier strike groups and several strategic nuclear submarines..."

Listening to the words of the United States representative, Representative Fang from China furrowed his brows slightly, and then a trace of coldness appeared in his eyes.

After the United States representative finished speaking, Secretary-General Anthony switched the microphone.

He first made a summary, distilling several key issues that other countries were very concerned about, such as the specific motives, operational goals, number of participants, whether the objectives were achieved, and whether they would launch again in the future, and then looked at the Chinese representative and spoke.

"Representative from China!"

"Please now represent China and answer the assembly's questions!"

Representative Fang nodded.

He turned on the microphone, faced the gazes of representatives from all countries on the Blue Planet, and said calmly.

"Thank you, Secretary-General Anthony!"

"First, let me answer the question that all countries on the Blue Planet are most concerned about."

"That is, why did we, China, launch this military action!"

"This information!"

"Is China's answer!"

Representative Fang handed over the materials in his hand, and the staff quickly projected them onto the big screen in the United Nations General Assembly Hall.

"Representatives of all countries, hello. I will now explain!"

Geng Shuang, who had been promoted from an attaché at the United States Embassy to Representative Fang's secretary, began to explain without being servile or overbearing.

Under his meticulous introduction, countries on the Blue Planet finally understood the cause and effect.

It turned out that the United States and Japan were conducting joint espionage operations in China, not only stealing China's Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology but even causing the death of a key scientist!

Consequently, everyone turned their gaze toward the Japanese representative.

"If you want to incriminate someone, you can always find a pretext!"

However, the Japanese representative looked calm, seemingly having no intention of admitting it.

"It's all one-sided words from China. Whatever they say, goes? Is there any reason left in this world?"

To prevent being slapped in the face, the Japanese representative directly changed the subject.

"Moreover, the key to the problem now is not about spies at all!"

"Even if there really was some spy incident, that is not a reason for China to militarily attack our territory and deliberately carry out anti-human extremist acts!"

"This kind of overreaction just proves the wolfish ambition of the Chinese people; they have long plotted against us, Japan!"

The United States representative took over the conversation.

"The Japanese representative is right!"

"I won't comment on whether there were espionage operations, because I haven't received any news here!"

"But what I want to say today is!"

"Conducting intelligence operations between countries on the Blue Planet is an internationally accepted unwritten rule, which has been around for hundreds of years!"

"Therefore, spy wars have become an effective way to reduce the scale of war and lower the risk of expansion in modern warfare!"

"China is not skilled enough and fell behind in the spy war, yet it wants to take the initiative to launch a higher-level hot war, making civilians of other countries pay the price!"

"The international community will never agree to this anti-international law and anti-human approach!"

The United States, with its deeply ingrained hegemonic thinking, had an even stranger logic. It shamelessly began to argue for the legitimacy of "spy wars being an unwritten rule," leaving representatives from other countries stunned.

And Representative Fang, hearing the phrase "not skilled enough," was amused to the point of anger.

He had thought that by producing concrete evidence, he could at least make these two shameless countries restrain themselves a little, but he hadn't expected them to lecture China instead!