It is so totally high school!
Comment by an American official concerning China's decision to exclude Japan from this year's fleet review at "the Western Pacific Naval Symposium, a biannual meeting of countries that border the Pacific Ocean." The Symposium is meeting in China for the first time. It usually includes a fleet review where the members countries strut their warships for the world to see. This year, China chose not to invite Japan to participate in the review. The US has chosen not to appear either in solidarity with Japan.
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Japan’s occupation of China during World War II is part of the reason Beijing does not like the idea of Japanese ships’ taking part in the fleet review, Asia experts said. But they also expressed alarm over China’s recent public relations campaign to increase criticism of Japan around the world. Dozens of Chinese ambassadors have criticized Japan in letters written to global newspapers; in one, the Chinese ambassador in London compared Japan to the evil Lord Voldemort of Harry Potter fame. The shunning of Japan’s fleet, analysts said, is just the latest in the anti-Japan campaign underway in China.
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