[1] It reflects concerns regarding the united front strategy employed by the Chinese Communist Party toward Hong Kong and Taiwan, which are believed to also affect Okinawa and key leaders of its independence movement.
"[12][13] Online, illustrations depict the "Grim Reaper" adorned with the Five-star Red Flag knocking on doors labeled with "Xinjiang," "Tibet," "Hong Kong," "Taiwan," "Okinawa," and "Hokkaido.
[19] Toita noted that while there had been friction with Taiwan over the Senkaku Islands, a peaceful resolution had been achieved and argued that China should be led toward international cooperation regarding human rights and the rule of law.
[20] Zhao Zhongzheng, a supporter of Tsai Ing-wen, remarked, "The Communist Party's fangs will inevitably turn toward Taiwan after Hong Kong, and then towards Japan.
[22] On May 18, 2021, Letep Ahmet, a director of the Japan Uyghur Association [ja], commented during a discussion at the Hong Kong International Solidarity Campaign and Milk Tea Alliance event regarding the phrase "Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow Taiwan, the Day After Tomorrow Okinawa," stating, "A regime that has detained and tortured millions of people and destroyed traditional culture for its own convenience will do the same externally.
[26] Tsuyoshi Nojima [ja] stated that Hong Kong and Taiwan serve as "canaries in the coal mine" for how foreign countries, including Japan, might respond to China.
[27][28] In July 2014, Chinese pro-democracy activist Chen Pokung [ja] remarked on the increasingly aggressive stance of the Chinese Communist Party externally, stating, “In the East China Sea, pressure is being intensified on Japan, and in the South China Sea, on India and the Philippines, as the focus shifts from internal dictatorship to external dictatorship”.
[29] On September 3, 2019, Hong Kong media outlet HK01 introduced a comic titled "What Happened to Me: Testimony of a Certain Uyghur Woman" by cartoonist Tomomi Shimizu [ja], highlighting the experiences of Mihrigul Tursun in a Xinjiang internment camp.
[34] On October 19, 2021, Brahma Chellaney, a professor at the Center for Policy Research in India, noted that if Taiwan were occupied, it would undermine freedom of navigation in a vital region and alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.
[39] On January 6, 2022, Patrick M. Cronin, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Hudson Institute, mentioned, “I was told directly by Chinese Communist Party officials that ‘Okinawa is a part of China’”.