Some observation:
--Most of these demonstrators are well educated and have jobs, unlike some Western media said they were angry poor and unemployed;
--Some “bad guys” (means those who are paid by Japanese or CIA or Taiwanese gov.<g>) who want to cause chaos in China also in the demonstration;
--Some internal (pro-West) power supports the demonstrations in order to make more troubles for Hu-Wen leadership;
--Chinese gov. and majority of Chinese people are on the same side now;
Those demonstrations are completely self-organized, and the news about them is only circulated on the Internet, no Mainland media has reported them as far as I know. A lot of people did not know until they happened to see them on the street and decided to join. The one in Shanghai especially has had no heads of organizers whatsoever.
By and large, they were peaceful demonstrations, only few people engaged in vandalism. And I read that some journalists from Taiwan shot pictures on only those few violent acts so to give the world an impression that demonstrations were pretty violent, even if they were not.
The Japanese NHK deliberately exaggerated the number of people joined the demonstration in Shanghai as 100,000, even though there were only 10,000 or so. If Chinese gov. had engaged in that type of propaganda, the demonstration would have been in much larger scale and involved much more people for sure. So I don’t understand why the Japanese keep complaining about the Chinese gov. on this?
The Chinese gov. since last year, already has had a confirmed policy, NOT to intervene any demonstration unless they become violent (demonstration involved many people do have to get permit in advance but most for sake of traffic), whether they are for protesting back pay or bad working condition, or for other reasons like this one, whether they are attended by a lot of people or just a few.
What really caught my attention is that the attitude of Japan (as well as the US) towards this demonstration was complete different from to the one on June 4th, 1989, especially Japan gov. In 6.4 case, they protested Chinese gov. crack down after those students sitting on one of the busiest area -- TianAnMen Square for more than a week (without any permit); but in this one, even if those demonstrations had got the permit and they were just some short several-hour event, they are complaining the Chinese gov. has not crack down on them. The only explanation I have got is that they consider the 6.4 demonstration would weaken the Chinese gov. so they supported, but the current one would strengthen the position of the Chinese gov. so they are against. Talk about a double standard.
Japanese has never admitted that they were defeated by Chinese in China in WWII. They think it was only due to the help from the US and Russia that China won. And they never even considered their invasion to China is an invasion. They call it as “enter” as if China invited them in, what a joke.
As long as Japan keeps doing what they have been doing recently (like insisting the so-called middle line in East China Sea, like calling on using military force to protect their civil exploration team in the disputed area, like formally claiming DiaoYu Island is Japanese territory…), the relationship bet. Japan and China will be cold and colder. Although I don’t think there would be any major war bet. China and Japan yet. The current conflict has not affected much essential interests of both sides, nonetheless, small scale military conflict is possible depending on what Japan does.
If Japan really dares to send any military force to East China Sea, China will most likely do the same to protect China’s interest there. Then a small scale conflict is entirely possible. I read that Hu inspected the navy base in ShangDong a couple of days ago, which is the closest Chinese navy base facing Japan.
Both China and Japan are now testing the other side’s bottom line, and Japan has the support of the US of A. For China, to face off Japan is the first step to take back Taiwan.
Now I would like to give a major list of what Japan has done to China since 1895 even though you have not asked<g> (Chinese have a long memory and these Japanese atrocity won’t be forgotten easily):
-- China was defeated in Jia Wu Sea War provoked by Japan in 1895, Japan forced China to give Japan Chinese territories of Taiwan and LiaoDong Penisular (in ShangDong Province), as well as plus 210 million Liang (about 6.6 tons) of silver as compensation; And these compensation almost emptied the national treasury;
-- Five years later in 1900, Japanese imperialists, along with 7 other imperialist countries, invaded China, and forced China to give them 450 million Liang (about 14 tons) silver before they left. And China and Chinese people were robbed to the last penny;
-- In 1905, Japan and Russia fought a war on Chinese territory, and killed thousands of Chinese in that war even if that war had nothing to do with China!
-- In 1919, Japan forced the Chinese gov. to sign the 21 non-Equal Treaties, assigning Chinese territories of mongolia, northeast, and Shangdong under Japan’s special interest;
-- On 9.18, 1931, Japan invaded China’s northeast (Manchuria);
-- On 7.7, 1937, Japan invaded Beijing. During the 14 years (1931 - 1945) of invasion, Japanese invaders killed/wounded 35 millions of Chinese.
Not only China, plenty of countries in south/southeast China have suffered from Japanese atrocity. Yet, until today, Japan still shows NO regret for the horrible things they have done in the last century. |
