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Sino-Japanese relations have nothing to do with Yukikaze's lack of Chinese. Tan Yang belonged to the Republic of China, NOT the PEOPLE's Republic, therefore associated with Taiwan rather than the mainland. Taiwan's gov't is largely a Japanese ally and Kancolle is popular there. There are ultranationalists in Taiwan who get involved in the Senkaku dispute (ironically flying the PRC flag) but the government itself is mostly neutral. The bigger problem is that Chinese is very difficult for Japanese speakers to pull off (even the Chinese n and the Japanese n sound different) compared to Russian. Plus at least two Kancolle seiyuus (ironically not Hibiki's) cam speak rudimentary Russian. Uesaka Sumire (Fubuki-class seiyuu) is even majoring in Russian.

For comparison, think of the significantly more ultranationalistic Arpeggio. Their I-402 and Zuikaku are Chinese-themed. So there's really no political taboo against appropriating Chinese themes in ultranationalistic circles. Until a few years ago most ultranationalists in Japan viewed China's geopolitical independence as something to emulate and the USA as the evil overlord they have to overthrow. Go watch Konpeki no Kantai for reference.