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How to Win Friends and Influence People - Chinese Style
China rally prompts Japan protestJapan has protested to China after stone-throwing protesters attacked Japan's embassy in Beijing on Saturday. About 10,000 demonstrators marched in the Chinese capital in protest at a new Japanese history textbook they believe plays down Japanese wartime atrocities. Japanese businesses were also attacked, even though China says it mobilised a huge police force to maintain order. On Sunday, some 3,000 people gathered outside Japan's consulate in the southern city of Ghangzhou. Japan's foreign minister has announced he will visit China next week. Nobutaka Machimura will meet his Chinese counterpart to discuss "a number of bilateral and international issues", a spokesman for Japan's Foreign Ministry said. The current anti-Japanese feeling in China is also fuelled by the prospect of Japan possibly obtaining a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. ...more... Posted by: .com 2005-04-10 |
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