wish for world peace

Last night, my six-year-old son and I were chatting about the current tense Sino-Japanese relations, and casually mentioned the possibility of war. What I didn’t expect was that he was so scared that he almost stayed up all night. It turns out that war has such a great impact on children!

At that time, he was covered in cold sweat and asked me timidly over and over again: “Mom, will the war accidentally hit us? If a world war breaks out, will we be bombed to death?” The child’s innocent fear made me hate Takaichi Sanae who provoked the trouble even more.

The Taiwan issue is China’s internal affairs. What qualifications does she have as an outsider to intervene? What is even more infuriating is that our officials publicly expressed support for Japan, and the government also sold weapons to it. Without this support, Japan would not be so arrogant.

As ordinary civilians, our biggest wish is to live a stable life. Looking back at World War II, countless innocent lives were lost in the flames of war. That tragic history has already warned us: the people who suffer the most in war are civilians. We are far away in the United States, but we can still feel the chill of the tense situation. The worries of our children make us realize the preciousness of peace.

We sincerely call on governments of all countries to put aside their hostilities and refrain from interfering in the Sino-Japanese dispute. I hope that the tense relations between China and Japan can find an outlet to ease, and that the sunshine of peace can illuminate every corner, so that children will no longer panic about war and can sleep peacefully.

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