China & Korea Refuse To Attend 3/11 Memorial
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 12, 2013 00:15 JST
- Tags: China, Earthquakes, Events, Fukushima, Korea, Politics, Senkaku Complex, Taiwan
China and South Korea are facing intense criticism in Japan after both nations refused to attend the official 2nd anniversary memorial service for the 3/11 tragedy, with China even going a step further and criticising Japan for allowing Taiwan to present a wreath at the ceremony.
The Japanese government’s 2nd anniversary memorial service for the tragedy of 3/11 saw victims of the disaster joined by the prime minister and emperor.
However, amongst the over 150 other nations joining the service, two were conspicuously absent – China and South Korea both refused to send representatives.
Japan’s foreign ministry merely comments that “it was the Chinese side’s decision.” China has not given any reason for its decision, and nor has Korea.
The previous year’s service saw Taiwan excluded from the nations providing wreaths as a gesture of appeasement towards China, a decision which was widely criticised in Japan given the extremely sympathetic attitude of Taiwan in response to the tragedy.
This year, likely helped along by the presence of an LDP government and China’s continuing provocations, Taiwan was allowed to present a wreath and announced together with the other participating countries – tacitly acknowledging its independence and infuriating China into the bargain.
China denounced the change, saying it was “firmly opposed” to “any violation of the principles of the joint declaration” and voicing its “intense dissatisfaction and protest” against the development, although it has not gone so far as to tie the two events together.
Online there has been almost universal condemnation (some are evidently happier with them staying away) of both nations, with efforts to politicise attendance at such an event being seen as in the worst possible taste.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the 11th also saw reports of Chinese patrol ships once again circling the disputed Senkaku islands.
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Let's just admit it:
Everybody in Asia is a dick to each other.
Fucking bad neighborhood.
No one's a good guy, everybody's a bad guy and they're just shitting on each other.
And to think some two centuries ago it was the Europeans who were acting this way.
well no...we didnt just hate each other, we fought the wars instead of just threatening everyone :X
dude, you should chill out on the racism. its a bit much.
these yellow skins had the balls to fight to death centuries ago before most of the western Germanic nations could even call themselves civilised.
Exactly. When will these yellow piss skins actually get the balls to fight it to death like they always say they want to do?
Fight already. We can always move our factories to india or deep south east asia. Or even russia. World doesn't need east asia more than east asia needs the world to buy its cheap shit. Remember when US just printed a bunch of dollars out of no where and china took the inflation hit?
and they still do.
naw, we don't
yeah you do. Just sayin'.
The Asians could learn a lot about civility and maturity from the Europeans.. and that's sad.
Reminds me of that Family Guy sketch, where God presents "The Asian" to a group of businessmen:
"Also, there'll be different varieties that all hate each other for some reason."
Korea will blow up one way or another, but status quo with maybe more deaths per year from aggressive actions on civilians will make things more exciting.
You sir are right. Asians is just a bunch of racist for each other but always pretend to be nice in front of others.
Korea and China still have resentment towards Japan since World War 2.
So history only starts at 1930?
No, it starts at the turn of the century.
...more seriously, it starts at the point in which the oldest people's parents could start remembering things. That or whatever delivers political expediency on the domestic front.
Meanwhile in Sabah, Malayasia...
They are merely just trying to find a purpose of their existence. So why not fight against each other to pass the time?
This pretty much explains everything in a nutshell.
Tell me more about how USA and Mexico love each other.
Drugs, booze and whores make any country get along with it's neighbor.
That applies both ways.
Don't forget the guns and cheap labor! >.>
Please don't review the Mexican American War then.
When US troops start bayoneting pregnant Mexican women in the womb and then raping them as they bleed to death, you'll have a valid argument. Until then, there's no comparison between any petty animosity that the US and Mexico and the level of rage that China has for Japan.
Why would any sane person rape someone *after* bayoneting them, that seems unnecessarily messy and unpleasant.
Those filthy immigrants are taking our jobs!
Yes, I know how badly you want to cut grass or pick strawberries..
How dare they take jobs that make my life easier, damn immigrants! */sarcasm*
compared to japan and china they do
We have no problem with Mexians. Tequila and tacos wtf thats a party. We also love Canada, South Americas cool with us sup brazil. Don't confuse us with Asia, we limit those types to 3 or 4 piece of shit states google Alabama.
meh, as long as Japan keeps on producing their anime and manga, i'll look at them in a better light than the other two >.>
no, just like all american is obese, it is wrong assumption, some countries may be bad at neighbrhood, but not asia as continent
Asian countries have a habit of having relics in charge.
Old men hold old grudges they say.
Age is not a problem. Everybody gets olds, regardless of how open minded they are.
It's the way people elect governments that lies in the root of the issue.
but in asian countries age is revered whether earned or not.
Just like how their 'pride' is revered by themselves whether it's earned or not.
Infantile people with infantile attitudes. No wonder the rest of the world thinks of them as their personal cumdumpsters.
Maybe I misunderstand you meaning, but I don't you can blame the China side based on how it is elected... given that it isn't really elcted.
I would correct your statement as follows.
"Age is not the problem. Its the way people are in charge of governments."
>>It's the way people elect governments
>>elect
>>China
..derp.
Chinese government does get elected... by itself... but hey, it still is a kind of "election".
Not really. It's more that asians tend to propogate grudges to their children. So the grudges that should have been forgiven and forgotten continue on.
Uh, of course I meant "that still hold grudges".
Yes, just Asians. There aren't many young Westerners around that hold no grudges against Germany or Japan.
Yes, but the rest of us refer to them as bigots and morons.
Well the issue with Taiwan is, Taiwan used to be a city in China. China sees Taiwan as its territory, and not as an autonomous state. They're essentially a rebel holdout of the pre-communist old regime, and as long as they exist, they're a threat to mainland china. China does not want to acknowledge they're an independent state that is running separate from China. Likewise, Taiwan sees themselves as the true China. That attitude as faded as they accept they are now a little island nation.
It's just like how North Korea does not see South Korea as a legitimate country, and vice versa. But as a divided state. Has nothing to do with grudges. It's about territory and control.
That attitude will never fade. Never in Hong Kong, nor in Taiwan.
Taiwan is to China as Canada is to the US. Enough said.
It's actually simpler than that... neither side wants to admit defeat, and both sides want to see the two sides united (albeit on their own terms). As a result, the civil war is technically STILL ongoing.
It's quite interesting. My grandfather does not hold any grudges against Japan. He was in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation and considering how my grandmother's sisters 'disappeared' during the occupation (and forced to work as comfort women) would have been more than enough to really fuel old grudges against Japan.
But I remember one thing my grandparents said to me and it stuck.
"Some people may hold on to the past but you shouldn't. There has to be at least one party willing to mediate and hold on to the future so that future generations can be happy and learn from the past's gruesome mistakes."
I think that's the best I can translate from Cantonese.
More people like your grandparents will make the world a better place.
Luckily those are the kind that survive. The rest, tend to try and kill each other, which is fine.
Asian kids are all racist against each other too. They're all morons arguing over which ching chong is better. Ah now I sound a little racist.
Ironically no one else in the world cares or can even tell the difference between them. They can't always either, don't let them fool you. Lul.
They also hold the power.
and everyone in east asia is going to fucking die because of these stupid old men and their grudges
although, to be fair, when it comes to the anti-youth scumbags that run japan that's probably exactly what they fucking want.
Sure, because the American senate is full of hip young 20 year-olds, right?
or... idk.....they're too busy with the DMZ situation in NK/SK. It's japan's issue, who cares if china or korea went. They can QQ alone