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Friday, January 24, 2014

Japan-China war of words goes ballistic in Davos

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100026465/japan-china-war-of-words-goes-ballistic-in-davos/

Japan-China war of words goes ballistic in Davos

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January 24th, 2014
Anybody who thinks China's dispute with Japan is subject to rational calculation should have heard the astonishing outburst a few minutes ago by China's foreign minister, Wang Yi.
"We will never allow past aggressors to overturn the verdict of history," he began. It went downhill from there.
When asked what he thought about the latest warning by Japan's leader Shinzo Abe that the two countries are like England and Germany in 1914, he exploded with barely contained rage:
"Why would he make such a statement? Japanese leaders like to rewrite their history, but the Chinese people cannot forget episodes of history. The invasion of Manchuria in 1930 was an infamous chapter in Japan's history. In 1937 they instigated the Marco Polo bridge incident before launching an all-out onslaught on China.

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