China Health & Science

“I Wish We Never Bought A Japanese Car” – Lasting Scars of Anti-Japanese Demonstrations

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December 18, 2016

It has been four years since violent anti-Japanese demonstrations erupted across China. Still hospitalized for his injuries, Xi’an resident Wang Jianli was attacked during the protests for driving a Japanese car. In a recent interview that has been going around Chinese social media, his wife blames Japan for their suffering.

It was September 2012 when violent anti-Japanese protests (反日游行) erupted in different cities across China, including Beijing, over the status of the Senkaku/Diaoyu island…

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Ed Sander

December 18, 2016 at 1:02 pm

“where one demonstrator violently beat him on the head with a stick.”

Small detail, it wasn’t a stick, it was a heavy bike lock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjfFFdT0cZU&noredirect=1

Here’s a story about Cai Yang, the migrant worker that hit Wang.
https://www.chinafile.com/fragments-cai-yangs-life

It’s really sad to hear that Wang’s wife, of all people, is no more sensible than Cai Yang. 🙁

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