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Will this lead to John Titor's forecast that Japan was "forcefully annexed" before N Day?
JOHN TITOR: The West will become very unstable which gives China the confidence to "expand." I'm assuming you are all aware that China has millions of male soldiers right now that they know will never be able to find wives. I guess you could say that Taiwan, Japan, and Korea were all "forcefully annexed" before N Day.
Definition of ANNEX
1: to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
2: archaic : to join together materially : unite
3: to add to something earlier, larger, or more important
4: to incorporate (a country or other territory) within the domain of a state
5: to obtain or take for oneself
Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger
September 16, 2012 - BEIJING, China (Reuters) - Torrid protests against Japan broke out in Chinese cities for a second day on Sunday, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to urge Beijing to protect his country's companies and diplomatic buildings from fresh assaults.
In the biggest flare-up in protests over East China Sea islands claimed by China and Japan, police fired tear gas and used water cannon to repel thousands of protesters occupying a street in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.
The protests erupted in Beijing and other cities on Saturday, when demonstrators besieged the Japanese embassy, hurling rocks, eggs and bottles, and testing cordons of anti-riot police.
In at least four other Chinese cities, demonstrators looted shops and attacked Japanese cars. Protesters also broke into a dozen Japanese-run factories in the eastern city of Qingdao, according to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.
"Regrettably, this is a problem concerning the safety of Japanese nationals and Japan-affiliated companies," Prime Minister Noda told a talk show on NHK. "I would like to urge the Chinese government to protect their safety."
The protests, the latest setback in long-troubled relations between Beijing and Tokyo, followed Japan's decision on Tuesday to buy the disputed islands, which Tokyo calls the Senkaku and Beijing calls the Diaoyu and which could contain valuable gas reserves, from a private Japanese owner. Beijing called that decision a provocative violation of its sovereignty.
China is struggling to find a balance between venting public anger against Japan and containing violence that could backfire ahead of a delicate leadership succession.
A smaller crowd, some throwing water bottles, resumed marching past the Japanese embassy in Beijing, now guarded by a six-deep cordon of anti-riot police. "Japan, get the hell out of China!" some yelled.
"The government should organise a mass boycott of Japanese goods, and then if the Japanese government does not give back our territory, we should declare war," one protester, a middle-aged Beijing woman named Wang Shi, told Reuters.
Police used loud speakers to tell protesters that they should respect the law and remain "rational".
In Shanghai, about 1,500 people marched towards the Japanese consulate, although they were only allowed to enter cordoned-off areas in small groups. Protesters carried flags and images of late Communist leader Mao Zedong as hundreds of police looked on. Crowds also gathered in the southwest city of Chengdu.
The Nikkei business newspaper said on Sunday demonstrators had earlier attacked two Panasonic electronic parts plants in the eastern cities of Qingdao and Suzhou. The company will decide whether to continue operations after checking the damage.
Toyota vehicle dealerships were also set on fire and many vehicles were damaged, it said, citing Toyota's China unit.
Tong Zeng, a businessman in Beijing and president of the China Federation for Defending the Diaoyu Islands, said these were the most widespread protests against Japan he had seen. "This perhaps shows just how angry Chinese people are, but there have also been some cases of extreme acts, and that's very regrettable," Tong said.The protests reflected pent-up social frustrations, he said. "Some ordinary people have a kind of blind hatred of Japan, and as soon as you mention Japan they will show that."
DOMESTIC POLITICAL PREOCCUPATIONS
The flare-up has come while both Beijing and Tokyo are focused on domestic political pressures, narrowing the room for diplomatic give-and-take. Noda's government faces an election in months, adding pressure on him not to look weak on China.
China's ruling Communist Party is preoccupied with a leadership turnover, with President Hu Jintao due to step down as party leader at a congress that could open as soon as next month. While the public indignation against Japan could help to foster unity, it has also exposed widespread public impatience for a tougher line from Beijing.
Chinese state media praised "rational" expressions of anger but warned that violence could backfire against Beijing.
"Raging expressions of patriotism will only bring joy to the (Japanese) evil doers, put our foreign policy on the defensive and wound the feelings of compatriots," the People's Daily, the Communist Party's main paper, said in a website commentary.
The territorial dispute escalated on Friday when China sent six surveillance ships to the group of uninhabited islets.
Despite their deepening economic ties, China and Japan have long been at odds over bitter memories of Japan's military aggression in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as their present-day rivalry over disputed territory in the East China Sea.
Relations between Asia's two biggest economies chilled in 2010 after Japan arrested a Chinese trawler captain whose boat collided with Japanese coastguard vessels near the islands.
Japan's newly designated ambassador to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, died in Tokyo on Sunday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. He had collapsed several days earlier.
The protests could continue for days yet. On Tuesday, China marks its official September 18 memorial day for Japan's war-time occupation of China.
JOHN TITOR: The West will become very unstable which gives China the confidence to "expand." I'm assuming you are all aware that China has millions of male soldiers right now that they know will never be able to find wives. I guess you could say that Taiwan, Japan, and Korea were all "forcefully annexed" before N Day.
Definition of ANNEX
1: to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
2: archaic : to join together materially : unite
3: to add to something earlier, larger, or more important
4: to incorporate (a country or other territory) within the domain of a state
5: to obtain or take for oneself
Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger
September 16, 2012 - BEIJING, China (Reuters) - Torrid protests against Japan broke out in Chinese cities for a second day on Sunday, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to urge Beijing to protect his country's companies and diplomatic buildings from fresh assaults.
In the biggest flare-up in protests over East China Sea islands claimed by China and Japan, police fired tear gas and used water cannon to repel thousands of protesters occupying a street in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.
The protests erupted in Beijing and other cities on Saturday, when demonstrators besieged the Japanese embassy, hurling rocks, eggs and bottles, and testing cordons of anti-riot police.
In at least four other Chinese cities, demonstrators looted shops and attacked Japanese cars. Protesters also broke into a dozen Japanese-run factories in the eastern city of Qingdao, according to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.
"Regrettably, this is a problem concerning the safety of Japanese nationals and Japan-affiliated companies," Prime Minister Noda told a talk show on NHK. "I would like to urge the Chinese government to protect their safety."
The protests, the latest setback in long-troubled relations between Beijing and Tokyo, followed Japan's decision on Tuesday to buy the disputed islands, which Tokyo calls the Senkaku and Beijing calls the Diaoyu and which could contain valuable gas reserves, from a private Japanese owner. Beijing called that decision a provocative violation of its sovereignty.
China is struggling to find a balance between venting public anger against Japan and containing violence that could backfire ahead of a delicate leadership succession.
A smaller crowd, some throwing water bottles, resumed marching past the Japanese embassy in Beijing, now guarded by a six-deep cordon of anti-riot police. "Japan, get the hell out of China!" some yelled.
"The government should organise a mass boycott of Japanese goods, and then if the Japanese government does not give back our territory, we should declare war," one protester, a middle-aged Beijing woman named Wang Shi, told Reuters.
Police used loud speakers to tell protesters that they should respect the law and remain "rational".
In Shanghai, about 1,500 people marched towards the Japanese consulate, although they were only allowed to enter cordoned-off areas in small groups. Protesters carried flags and images of late Communist leader Mao Zedong as hundreds of police looked on. Crowds also gathered in the southwest city of Chengdu.
The Nikkei business newspaper said on Sunday demonstrators had earlier attacked two Panasonic electronic parts plants in the eastern cities of Qingdao and Suzhou. The company will decide whether to continue operations after checking the damage.
Toyota vehicle dealerships were also set on fire and many vehicles were damaged, it said, citing Toyota's China unit.
Tong Zeng, a businessman in Beijing and president of the China Federation for Defending the Diaoyu Islands, said these were the most widespread protests against Japan he had seen. "This perhaps shows just how angry Chinese people are, but there have also been some cases of extreme acts, and that's very regrettable," Tong said.The protests reflected pent-up social frustrations, he said. "Some ordinary people have a kind of blind hatred of Japan, and as soon as you mention Japan they will show that."
DOMESTIC POLITICAL PREOCCUPATIONS
The flare-up has come while both Beijing and Tokyo are focused on domestic political pressures, narrowing the room for diplomatic give-and-take. Noda's government faces an election in months, adding pressure on him not to look weak on China.
China's ruling Communist Party is preoccupied with a leadership turnover, with President Hu Jintao due to step down as party leader at a congress that could open as soon as next month. While the public indignation against Japan could help to foster unity, it has also exposed widespread public impatience for a tougher line from Beijing.
Chinese state media praised "rational" expressions of anger but warned that violence could backfire against Beijing.
"Raging expressions of patriotism will only bring joy to the (Japanese) evil doers, put our foreign policy on the defensive and wound the feelings of compatriots," the People's Daily, the Communist Party's main paper, said in a website commentary.
The territorial dispute escalated on Friday when China sent six surveillance ships to the group of uninhabited islets.
Despite their deepening economic ties, China and Japan have long been at odds over bitter memories of Japan's military aggression in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as their present-day rivalry over disputed territory in the East China Sea.
Relations between Asia's two biggest economies chilled in 2010 after Japan arrested a Chinese trawler captain whose boat collided with Japanese coastguard vessels near the islands.
Japan's newly designated ambassador to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, died in Tokyo on Sunday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. He had collapsed several days earlier.
The protests could continue for days yet. On Tuesday, China marks its official September 18 memorial day for Japan's war-time occupation of China.
