Chinese media Beijing Daily published a commentary article on the 3rd asserting that 'the U.S. is applying the former 'Japan Threat Theory' as is to present-day China.' 'Unfortunately, we must take responsibility for our own failures. China has built a 'nation of producers,' but we have become a 'nation of consumers.' China is a nation of engineers, while the U.S. is a nation of lawyers. Chinese people sacrifice today for tomorrow, but we sacrifice tomorrow for today.' 'Various worrying signs indicate that Chinese people are intentionally pursuing economic conquest against the U.S.' 'All of China's economic policies are meticulously planned and guided by the government. How should we respond? In my opinion, we must rally our economic strength again. We need to rebuild our industrial and scientific technology system.' These passages were written approximately 40 years ago. In fact, at the time, they were not written about China. They are quotes from an article published in 1988 by U.S. columnist Jack Anderson, warning against the rise of Japan, and the above simply replaced 'Japan' with 'China.' What's interesting is that the rhetoric articulated in the 1980s as the 'Japan Threat Theory' applies astonishingly well to current discussions about China. Market competition is depicted as 'state-led conquest,' and the rising Asian industrial power is described as an entity equipped with advanced technological capabilities, strategic thinking, and national-level discipline. Even the narrative of U.S. decline serves as material to highlight the strength of the opposing nation. The U.S. is called upon to calmly assess with insight what China is actually doing and what countermeasures it can take. The question now is whether anxiety about its own decline is clouding the U.S.'s judgment. That could not only increase the risk of conflict but also lead to missing opportunities that China's rise could bring. In response to this, Chinese netizens commented, 'That's outrageous,' 'Do ordinary Americans know that their country is the most evil in the world?' 'Japan, which succumbed to the U.S., is a disgrace,' 'It'll be interesting to see if the U.S. can intervene this time,' 'China is not Japan. It will not stop its progress out of fear of the U.S.,' 'The only difference is that the U.S. can dictate things to Japan, but it cannot do so to China,' and 'Japan feared (the U.S.), but China does not.'