4,500 Rally Against China – “Freedom & Peace in Asia”

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The leaking of the Senkaku ramming video the state tried to suppress has prompted yet another flag waving march through Tokyo in the name of “freedom and peace in Asia,” apparently larger than previously.

The demonstration took the form of a peaceful flag waving procession through central Tokyo, including Ginza. Just how big the demonstration actually was is not clear, but published estimates in the Japanese media are higher than previously, at 4,500 or so.

The demonstrations appear to be rapidly gaining an air of respectability in the face of Chinese provocation and government incompetence – not only did major rags actually cover the procession, but an LDP diet member and former defence minister, Yuriko Koike, attended and gave a speech.

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The tone of the demonstration also took on a more international perspective – placards challenged China’s efforts to dominate Asia, and Tibetan and Vietnamese dissidents addressed the crowd in Japanese.

The media is stressing a more mainstream participation in the demonstration after the leak of the videos, saying for the first time housewives and students were participating (although this is probably a fabrication as plenty of female participation was visible even in the first event).

The obligatory carefully selected quote, in this case from a 34-year-old Chiba housewife attending for the first time:

“I wanted to attend before but with the leak of the video I’m furious with China. The government too is outrageous, how dare they try to hide a video like that – I had to attend.”

It seems Japan’s grossly incompetent government has done more to harm long term relations with China by its subservient toadying than any anti-Chinese government ever could have done by deliberate action.


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    Avatar of General Jack D. Ripper
    03:38 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    I will not be surprise if China will make a counter-protest about this.

    Avatar of King Tiger
    Comment by King Tiger
    05:46 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    if anything it is to be expected of them you'll see man i wish there was a way to settle this once and for all

    Avatar of Schrobby
    Comment by Schrobby
    06:00 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Exterminating the chinese government would be a good first step.

    Avatar of nanuchan
    Comment by nanuchan

    Why only the government?

    Kill all chinese, that overpopulated country pisses everybody...

    Avatar of Chen-04
    Comment by Chen-04
    06:33 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.7)

    Better yet: kill every human being alive. Solves most problems of modern society.

    Avatar of Moe Cyclops Bishoujo
    07:48 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.7)

    Idiots. What scrobby suggested is the best option you just sound like a bunch of racists.

    Avatar of Dia
    Comment by Dia
    08:01 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.6)

    You can destroy China with demonstration. Every counter demonstration they do damages them more than civilized demonstrations could ever harm other nations.

    Avatar of Moe Cyclops Bishoujo
    08:04 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.6)

    No China will fall to moe. No other options are available right now, sorry.

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    08:25 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (-0.3)

    rofl look at all those ignorant salarymen. freedom and peace in asia? righttt, who was the aggressor in world war 2 again?

    Avatar of Moe Cyclops Bishoujo
    08:37 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    Holding grudges is so pathetic, butthurt fag is butthurt.

    Avatar of OTIKA
    Comment by OTIKA
    08:37 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    FYI WWII ended more than 55 years ago.

    Avatar of King Tiger
    Comment by King Tiger
    08:38 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.4)

    @kkagari
    adolf hitler that's who

    retry?

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    08:38 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (-0.1)

    i know, they are so butthurt atm, and they are holding grudges too, ignorant fag is ignorant

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:49 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Overpopulated? It has a low birth rate you idiot, the US has a much higher birth rate.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:51 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    The world would be a better place without a weaaboo fag like you nanuchan.

    Avatar of Moe Cyclops Bishoujo
    09:10 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @kKagari
    Yes they are, and I don't give a fuck. I would say something about all Japs being racists but then again that's just how the world is.

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    09:20 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    well im glad we are sort of on the same page shourei.

    Avatar of OhYeah
    Comment by OhYeah
    10:25 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well as the saying goes "My grudge is with the perpetrators, not their sons."

    China has no reason to stir up this much of a problem while the Japanese (and Vietnamese and Tibetans) have a perfect right to be angry with all this going on.

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    12:11 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    no reason? half the world has no reason to do the shit they are doing these days, are u really trying to pull the 'what is justified' card out here? and really, u dont think all these super power countries are trying to destabilize other ppl's economy each and every passing day?

    shits been stirring all the time, every age has their own set of perpetrators in something heinous.

    Avatar of TenguSan
    Comment by TenguSan
    13:26 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (-0.2)

    @kKagri - are you.. serious? ..really??

    If your a troll, your not a very good one. Probably just a run-of-the-mill racist though

    Since everyone is pretty much convinced that you are a complete moron, you have basically buried yourself in the hole you skillfully dug with your first comment.

    So i think i will plop myself on the grave mound while you run out of oxygen, since it is not possible to make you look any worse than you made yourself look.. I hope you don't mind. ^^

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    13:34 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    and how much do you know about the current situation in asia? to see all you people find such agreeance in something you hardly know about, its nice to know how readily you'd agree to this biased stuff, all because you have some passion for anime? weaboo.

    Avatar of TenguSan
    Comment by TenguSan

    Hmm, and what makes you think i am a weaboo? ^^

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    13:41 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.6)

    that assumption rarely misses the mark on these boards, even much so if you give 2 shits about what goes on in this particular thread. are you really going to tell me now that this article is unbiased?

    mind you i have no qualms about what is written, even if it is ridiculous

    Avatar of OhYeah
    Comment by OhYeah
    13:43 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @KKagri

    No, I am simply stating the obvious, the attachment to the past and the greed of the government and its people is what the source of conflict is all about. In this day and age, the only country that is trying to screw around with the economy is China. And for what? Decades of political and social advancement, all to be thrown out the window over the actions of an overzealous man. Racism is in full effect here.

    By the way, in Capitalism, it only works well if everyone has a booming economy because then, the money circulates. In other words, the harvest is best when prosperity is great for all. What China is doing not only hampers everyone's economy, but it also creates animosity between itself and every other nation. You say that every country is out to destroy another's economy, but outside of China, what example do you have?

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    13:54 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.6)

    @ TenguSan
    that assumption rarely misses the mark on these boards, even much so if you give 2 shits about what goes on in this particular thread. are you really going to tell me now that this article is unbiased?

    mind you i have no qualms about what is written, even if it is ridiculous

    @OhYeah
    ok, no concrete evidence, but do you really think china and all the other super powers 'play nice' and steer clear of each other's economical advances? everyone wants to be top dog, and you dont get there holding hand in hand with someone else. for what its worth, im not saying being arrogant like how china is is justified, but its on par with just about all the other political injustices in the world.

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:07 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.4)

    "freedom and peace in Asia"? are they talking about a new 大東亜共栄圏? cried out by a bunch of loli rapist and creepy otaku and potential murderer

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:11 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    here comes the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". Maybe they would go on to promote “freedom and peace” in pearl harbor again as well

    Avatar of Misakite
    Comment by Misakite
    02:14 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @kKagari: I have no idea why you're going against Japan in this situation. The way I see it, you're just racist against the Japanese. It's nothing to do with anime or weeaboos.

    China just stole a piece of Japan's land, claim that it was justified and still say: 'It's Japan's fault for being there in the first place'.
    That's fucking bullshit.

    If you think it's alright it's like agreeing with you getting mugged and beaten up and then when brought to court the guy says 'The wallet's mine, it's his fault for being in front of my moving fists.'
    And the court agrees with him and lets him go a free man.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:50 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It is not unquestionably Japan's land. It depends on what your view of Senkaku Island is.

    If you believe it is a it is just a natural resource, it is no man's land. However, since it is closest to Taiwan, Taiwan technically should have the most influence over what happens to the lands.

    If you believe it is a legit territory that can be inhibited, it can be Japan, Taiwan, or China's land depending on which treaties and negotiations you believe are relevant because there are a ton of conflicting evidence and claims out there. As a result, you are definitely biased if you sympathize with any particular side.

    Avatar of kKagari
    Comment by kKagari
    06:22 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Misakite

    go, proof. you know it belongs to japan how? this isn't china marching into tokyo and saying 'we own this shit', those islands have always been contested and theres always been a murky understanding of this.

    and yes, this is about weaboos and anime. the fact that the majority of people here make themselves so readily agreeable to a biased article like this highlights my point exactly. weaboos and anime.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:13 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That statement holds no water considering you're here too, and no one has brought either of those up so the only one factoring it in is you, again it's hard to make these accusations when you too are on the website.

    Avatar of Kwonnie
    Comment by Kwonnie
    07:36 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @General Jack D. Ripper

    I would be. I'd expect mass-beatings of Japanese-sentimenters.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:00 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hell itself would freeze over when chinese would march protesting its own government fucking up and stop bitching about evil japs and things that happened 60 years ago .

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:01 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well, *that* happened some 75 years ago already... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_9th_Movement

    Avatar of TC-man
    Comment by TC-man
    01:51 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    What had the Chinese students done then back in 1989, wasn't that a protest. Sadly the Chinese conservative parts of the Communist Party slam it down with tanks, which was a pretty much overkill, many Chinese students were killed that night and many moderate goodwilled member of the Communists were either arrested and put into home arrest. So the Chinese people had tried but no-one went up against tanks of steel.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:07 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'll stop when American Blacks stop whining on about slavery which ended almost 150 years ago. My family came here in 1949 to get away from Mao. Blacks go on and on about how I benefit from 'White Privilege'. I'm Chinese-American for crying out loud! Am I now an honorary White?

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:24 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    some people just don't understand that. Some can't just get over it.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:06 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And some are color blind.

    Avatar of TenguSan
    Comment by TenguSan
    13:05 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    And some are just plain stupid

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:39 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Kinda like how jews cry anti-semitism over the smallest of comments.

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:14 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    and ur ppl should stop bitching abt things happen in 911 as well. you can forgive, but never forget! nanjing, NEVER AGAIN!

    Comment by Anonymous

    China counter-protest = riot

    nuff said

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:06 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    China counter-protest = destruction
    *fixed

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:21 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's how the world goes, get used to it!

    Avatar of Renzo
    Comment by Renzo
    19:54 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Let's see in the next news, what kind of "counter-measures" of Chinese People and its government ,

    Is it boycotting the Japanese Business in China ? Raping Japanese women ? or discrimination ? Let's see about that :3

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:43 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan's freedom and democracy is a sham that the US created anyways.. MacArthur only let them have it to shut them up and make them subservient to everything that the US wanted to change about Japan.

    Should really watch documentarys..

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:44 08/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yah, Japan should bring back the Nationalists and Imperialists, reconquered Taiwan, Korea and Manchuria, then invade China again, this time with US help.

    Rather see Asia dominated by Imperial Japan than by Communist China.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:00 09/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    yeah um there counter protest is gonna be in japan u know just some jets some bombs maybe a massacre if they chinese gov has a short temper which i suspect they do

    Avatar of General Jack D. Ripper

    I will not be surprise if days later, the Chinese in Mainland China makes a counter-protest as a response to this.

    Avatar of Hazama
    Comment by Hazama
    03:48 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Even if we don't see a counter protest, I'm sure China will make up something else interesting.

    Avatar of Schrobby
    Comment by Schrobby
    03:58 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+0.8)

    Days later? I bet they started counter-rioting in advance.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:00 07/11/2010 # ! Drivel (-1.0)

    hey guiz can i be in the top comments too?

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    Comment by Schrobby
    04:02 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.6)

    Silly anon. You're in the top comments all the time.

    Avatar of Crim
    Comment by Crim
    04:08 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Next week we will hear how China rallies 45,000 against Japan

    Avatar of Schrobby
    Comment by Schrobby
    04:11 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    I hope they burn some factories. It's time for all the greedy manager bastards in the world to see where producing in China for slave wages gets them.

    Avatar of TNinja
    Comment by TNinja
    04:24 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    Counter-protesting in advance?

    China: "We're protesting, for the future. Just in case."

    Avatar of General Jack D. Ripper
    04:49 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.4)

    If Chinese in Mainland China makes a counter-protest soon, expect a lot of burning stuff.

    Chinese has a thing in burning stuff, lots of stuff in protests

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:53 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    in china riots are called protests
    the will probably will burn more things and brake alot more... and 80% of that will be chinese

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:14 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.4)

    The Chinese counter-protest will be of vastly inferior quality and will be laden with lead.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:45 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    "The Chinese counter-protest will be of vastly inferior quality and will be laden with lead."

    Tiananmen Square protests style. All omitted.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:39 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    "I hope they burn some factories. It's time for all the greedy manager bastards in the world to see where producing in China for slave wages gets them."

    That would be great. then the world can stop it's production in China and every foreign firms pulls out of China. This will put a serious blow to China's economy and we can stop buying inferior, poor quality "made in China" product.

    Once China's sink back into the slump that is pre-economic China, it would be begging for everyone to come back.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:40 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Both governments know that initiating war will not make the situation any better so they will just continue to cover up.

    As a result, both sides will rage more. That is all.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:17 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Advisor: "General! I bring you bad news and good news!"

    General: "What is it?"

    Advisor: "The bad news is we have foreign devils who arrived on our beloved land and start protesting!"

    General: "Hmmmmm, it will be bad if we execute them on the spot or even make them disappear, that will make us look bad to the international community. Then what is the good news?"

    Advisor: "Those filthy foreign devils piss oil and shit plutonium when they eat our food."

    General: [grin]

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:23 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Slave wage? maybe not. In China you can buy a meal for a few US cents.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:04 09/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    HEY GUYS 1 MOMENT IF CHINAS ECONOMY GOES 2 HELL THATS GONNA FK UP THE WORLD U REALLY WANT 2 BUT SOME SHIT CHINA SELLS FOR 1 DOLLAR SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE ITS 10 DOLLARS? i think i like the price but the products not good but still its cheap -.- NO 1 IN USA WILL WORK FOR THAT LITTLE MAKING THE PRODUCT EXPENSIVE

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:40 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.8)

    I like boobies.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    06:01 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Who doesn't?

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:17 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    they come in all shapes and sizes to suit everybody's taste.

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    Comment by King Tiger
    08:42 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    anonymous 07:17 for senate
    i approve this anon's message

    Avatar of TenguSan
    Comment by TenguSan
    13:08 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That should be the protest group's slogan! BRILLIANT!

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    Comment by King Tiger
    05:51 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol right?

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    Comment by BlaqCat
    03:55 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    The Chinese don't protest. The Rabble rouse and riot.

    Avatar of Schrobby
    Comment by Schrobby
    04:03 07/11/2010 # ! Quality (+0.8)

    Maybe they undress some women again.

    Avatar of PewPewPew!
    Comment by PewPewPew!
    04:42 07/11/2010 # ! Good (+0.4)

    Or do something similar only for them to find out that their ignorance and stupidity got the better of them. Seriously though, a government that keeps its people in the dark and treat the common folks as absolute pawns for their own agenda should be put down ala 1789 French Revolution-style...

    Avatar of King Tiger
    Comment by King Tiger
    05:53 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    hell yeah! time to fight the powah chinese citizens!

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:41 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You say that like it's a bad thing!

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:20 07/11/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.4)

    If they do, they'll probably do it wrong and start beating up their own countrymen, again.








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