One word: OUCH!
That has got to hurt the beauracrats at the Foreign Ministry. Japanese ministry officials have been working hard with their Chinese counterparts to bring together the two countries after the relationship was strained a few months ago. The riots in Shanghai and Beijing did not go over very well in Japan. Add to that, the Japanese PM has declared that he 'WOULD' go to the controversial shrine, Yasukuni Shrine' in spite of the protests of the Chinese government. With PM Koizumi telling the press that he 'would decide on an appropriate time to visit the shrine', one didn't need to be a rocket scientist to know that the CCP would yank the Chinese Vice Premier back home in the middle of her visit to Japan.
As a Chinese Canadian living in Japan (who also is married to a Japanese), I am both disgusted and amused by the actions of both countries. Here's my critique of both nations.
China
Disgusted: The CCP has done nothing to ensure the safety and welfare of all Japanese nationals in China. The CCP turned their backs on their 'duty' to protect foreigners and their businesses in that country.
Amused: The CCP should rise above the idiotic behaviour of the Japanese PM. Japanese PMs come and go and one day, a smart leader will emerge from the group of young politicians in the Diet. And when that day comes, I believe that future PM will listen to the concerns of the Chinese. Until then, the Chinese should take the high road and let stupid, nationalistic, and xenophobic Japanese politicians spew their rhetoric.
Japan
Disgusted: I am extremely disgusted that the Japanese government allows 'white-washed versions of Japanese History' to be published in school textbooks. What good does it do to keep the truth from future generations? I recall one day in a classroom when one of my students told me that the class should not discuss the plight of the 'Burakumin' (displaced class of Japanese citizens). Why? He sat their smiling and said that 'IF' people continue to discuss the problems of the 'Buraku', society will always remember them. In other words (his stinking and fucking idiotic thinking), Japanese should never discuss them and they will go away. Yeah - right. You fucking idiot. If I ever see that elitist bastard in Tokyo, I will tell him to jump in front of a Shinkansen. Japanese has got to accept and embrace their 'evil past' in order to take their proper place in the world.
Japan has done so much to help the world. And each time a stupid politician says something about 'WWII' or 'Yasukuni Shrine', it hurts the entire country.
Amused: I am still laughing at how few Japanese people care about telling the government to make changes to how this country is being run. If the electorate wants to return the LDP to office each and every election, then the electorate want the country to live in the past and not the future. How can we call this a democracy when it essentially is a 'one-party rule system'? Also, I don't really think the opposition parties are any better either. Perhaps, it would be better if a new youthful party emerge to takeover the reins of government. Heck - let me run and I'll do a bang up job!
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