Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Disputed islands

 Recently, Japan and China have been feuding over who owns a few islands in the East China Sea. Japan recently bought them off a few private Japanese citizens who had plans to develop them, causing strained relations with China. After Japan bought them, they nationalized them and promised not to develop them to calm the waters so to speak with China. Well, China takes issues of sovereignty pretty seriously. They saw this act by Japan as an encroachment on islands China claims they have owned for hundreds of years. It's a bit confusing, but nonetheless, we have seen/experienced some interesting things here in our small city.
Red sign says: Pigs and dogs along with Japanese can not enter

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Red banner says: Open business Sale: 1. Say disputed islands are China's, 9 kuai discount. 2. Say Japan is also China's, 8 kuai discount. 3. Japanese people say the above 2 sentences, 5 kuai discount.

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