The Japanese Embassy in China has issued a warning to its nationals following a knife attack on a school bus in Suzhou that injured a Japanese mother and son. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has preliminarily judged the incident as an isolated occurrence. However, the attack has sparked concerns over anti-Japanese sentiment, with some attributing the violence to anti-Japanese propaganda and labeling it as a hate crime. Comments on social media have shown mixed reactions, with some Chinese netizens expressing support for the attacker. The incident follows a series of viral skits on Donyin that depict Japanese schools negatively and promote violence against Japanese nationals.
"Japanese schools" in China have long been a target of nationalist ire. The school bus stabbings that injured two Japanese nationals follow viral skits that depict Japanese schools as using racist slurs against local Chinese and celebrate violent action taken in response: https://t.co/Z8MyMzCqiS
Another "Beat the Japanese" skit on Donyin (the Chinese version of TikTok). "Hate Japan" is one of the main tasks of the CCP's little pinks. It is hard to say that the attack of Japanese school bus yesterday has nothing to do with this kind of "hate Japan" mentality that is… https://t.co/PY5vphFoNG https://t.co/tw3a95mG3o
In the comments section related to the attack on the Japanese school bus in Suzhou, a large number of Chinese netizens expressed support for the attacker, with some saying "good job" and "hero", while others questioned whether it was the Japanese who staged the attack. Read the… https://t.co/imigJIcMab https://t.co/tw3a95m8dQ
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🇨🇳🇯🇵CHINA'S MOFA SAID THE INCIDENT INVOLVING A JAPANESE MOTHER AND SON BEING ATTACKED IN SUZHOU IS PRELIMINARY JUDGED AS AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE.
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