From Inter Press Service, via Asia Times: China’s decision to dispense with its customary diplomatic ambiguity on the matter of United Nations reform and come out firmly against a proposal for quick expansion of the Security Council is being presented by the state propaganda machine as an unavoidable act of opposition to Japan’s bid for […]
From Arab News: India and Japan yesterday decided to cooperate closely to achieve their common ambition of a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wound up talks with Indian premier aimed at building a new partnership Both countries supported each other’s candidature for the all-powerful Security Council and agreed […]
From the Central News Agency, translated by Joseph McMullin, via Press Interpreter: Persons working in the state controlled Chinese media have leaked a memo from the Chinese government that requires news agencies to reduce or cut their coverage of the mass street demonstrations. One of China’s most popular websites, sina.com.cn originally posted an article entitled, […]
From South China Morning Post, via AsiaMedia: Communist Party censors have acted over the rising tide of anti-Japanese sentiment nationwide, ordering all media to drop coverage of public protests against the Japanese government and companies. The ban was contained in an eight-point circular issued by the party’s Central Publicity Department. Apart from instructions to cool […]
From Reuters: Chinese activist Lu Yunfei estimates that by the start of September, 30 million people will have signed his online petition opposing Japan’s bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. “It’s not so large a number,” says the man who runs Patriot’s Alliance Web, putting the figure in the context of […]
From the Daily Yomiuri, here is the Japanese press’ take on the demonstrations against Japan’s bid to join the United Nations Security Council: An anti-Japan demonstration on Sunday in Shengzhen, Guangdong Province, China, was initiated mainly by private groups of patriotic young people who publicized the rally via the Internet. The rally was testimony to […]
From the Standard: Ito-Yokado said its six stores in China are operating normally – two days after protesters opposed to Japan’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council smashed windows at an outlet in the country’s southwest… Sino-Japanese tension has been growing, fanned by rivalry over a disputed, potentially resource-rich territory […]
From the Daily Yomiuri: More than 2,000 people took to the streets Sunday in Shengzhen, Guangdong Province, China, where many Japanese firms operate, to protest Japan’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security council. The protesters called for a boycott of Japanese products and collected signatures for their anti-Japan campaign. The rally, organized […]
Chinese bloggers, including Drunk Dream and aqidesign have posted information and photos of violent protests in Chengdu against Japan’s UN Security Council bid. At 2:30 pm on April 2, students gathered at the Ito Yokado...
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