China’s rampaging mobs have further proved the might of their great nation and its ancient and irrevocable claim to the Diaoyus, this time by attacking Italian diplomats for daring to drive a Japanese car.
According to reports from the Hong Kong media, Chinese mobs exercising their patriotic duty to destroy all things Japanese actually attacked a car belonging to Italy’s Guangzhou consulate – apparently because it was a Toyota.
The attack, which unsurprisingly appears not to have been widely reported in the mainland press, resulted in the car being overturned.
It is not clear whether any Italian diplomatic staff were endangered, although hapless Chinese caught driving Toyotas have been dealt with harshly by these same country-loving patriots.
Chinese authorities have stressed China is a country which operates under the rule of law and have promised a full investigation (just as they did when the Japanese ambassador himself was attacked), and that the foreigners within their borders will enjoy the same level of protection as their own citizens, a reassuring assurance if ever there were one.
No pictures of the attack have surfaced, but destroying cars thought to be Japanese – without regard to the fact that they are most probably owned by Chinese – has certainly been a major theme of China’s recent wave of patriotic violence:
…US never owned the right to the Diaoyu islands in the first place. What right do they have to give it to Japan in the first place?
…though I do admit that the protest is over the top; but then again, whereas Germans openly apologized for terrorizing Europe during WWII and to the millions of Jews they murdered, Japan still openly denies slaying the millions of Chinese citizens, and literally gutting/raping everyone in the Chinese capital.
Just flip open a Japanese history textbook; see if there is anything about murdering Chinese citizens in there…
The Chinese are being total wankers!!
Your alleged reports from “Hong Kong media” are in fact reports from Mainland Chinese media (the characters are simplified in the article, not traditional writing as they use in HK). Just letting you know, and take note!
The reply from a Japanese friend when he was mistaken for a Chinese:
“Yeah, I’m from Japan – the capital of China”.
Two thirds of of Asian-Americans are Chinese, it’s a mistake based on statistics. Your attitude, however is not.
Uh no. Official statistics for Asian Americans include everyone from the south east asia to east asia, meaning it includes indians, bangladesh, malaysia, and other countries generally not considered ‘asian’ in colloquial terms. That population total is about 5-6% of US, meaning somewhere between 16 to 18 million, within which chinese make up for about around 6 to 7 million. Two thirds is stretching it. 30-40% is more like it.
I have been mistaken as Japanese before, I wasn’t offended. People need to calm down.
Chinese are an embaressing people