Tag Archives: Diaoyu Islands

The media should not exploit patriotism

Posted on 2012-09-06 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of yesterday’s China Youth Daily carried an admonition for the media in China in the current heated political climate: don’t exploit patriotism for sensationalist reporting to attain higher newspaper sales or television ratings. In other words: cut the hot air. Written … Continue reading →

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Japan to release Chinese activists

Posted on 2012-08-17 by Allison Carol Goldman

The headline on today’s Dongguan Times: “Japanese illegally detain people on China’s protected Diaoyu Islands, our Minister of Foreign Affairs again urged Japan to immediately release the people and their boat.” The article describes China and Japan’s recent scuffle over the … Continue reading →

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Chinese activists arrested by Japan on disputed Diaoyu island

Posted on 2012-08-16 by Barry van Wyk

In the midst of a complicated and ongoing political dispute involving China and a host of other countries over a number of islands in the South China Sea, various papers in China today carried front page stories on 14 Chinese … Continue reading →

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Han Han on the Diaoyu Islands incident

Posted on 2010-09-13 by Julian

China’s balls? (Wikipedia) Han Han, China’s bad boy novelist, editor, blogger and race car driver recently posted his thoughts on the unfolding Diaoyu Islands spat between China and Japan. Protect illegal characters by Han Han/ translated by Julian Smisek A … Continue reading →

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