Monday, April 11, 2005

protest - An overview of the anti-Japanese riots

Danwei pic

Many good overviews of the anti-Japanese riots all over China in de past few days on the internet. Danwei has a colorful one, although their initial critical review ("What a wank") did not return. Simon World has certainly the most comprehensive overview. Revealing are also the real eye witnesses, like this Swedish guy, who not only noted the usage of much Japanese equipment to record the events in Beijing. He is rather critical about the 'official' press reports:
Since it is not everyday I watch something that makes the front pages of the international press I find it interesting to compare their reporting with my own
impression. My only complaint would be that when it is a large focus on the smashed window, therefore sounding more aggressive than it actually was. This is also the case when it comes to the reported numbers, often citing the highest numbers available, while this was not a very large demonstration.

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