Reuters Japan blasts Chinese bid for U.N. recognition of Nanjing massacre Japan protested to China on Wednesday after Beijing applied for the inclusion of the 1937 Nanjing massacre and the comfort women forced to work in wartime military brothels in a UNESCO programme, the latest flare-up of tensions in relations. It is extremely regrettable that China is trying to play up a negative legacy from a certain period in Sino-Japanese history by using UNESCO for a political purpose, when effort needs to be made to improve ties between Japan and China, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference. Beijing said the submissions were part of a need to remember history, cherish peace and avert similar atrocities from happening again. uk.reuters/article/2014/06/11/uk-japan-china-idUKKBN0EM0K320140611
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:18:19 +0000
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