In the aftermath of the earthquake in Sichuan province, I wrote an article entitled Will the Earthquake Bring China and Japan Closer Together? In the post, I suggested that China’s acceptance of Japanese aid in Sichuan might well be a turning point in Sino-Japanese relations, which were already thawing. Since then, it does seem that relations have [...]
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Memories and Television Still Fuel Chinese Hatred For Japan
Posted by Robert Vance on July 29th, 2008
Ping pong and Ambulances Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on May 10th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
Hu’s got game: If Chinese President Hu JinTao’s prowess on the ping pong table in Tokyo this week is a foreshadow of things to come in August, countries of the world should beware! Japan Today reports that on Thursday, Mr. Hu “beat Japanese teen player Fukuhara in five of the eight [...]
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Tags: Ali_Fukuhara, Chinese Ambulances, Chinese Ping Pong, hu jintao, Japan, Libraries in China, robert vance 
No Comments »Are the Japanese Really Hated?
Posted by Robert Vance on March 29th, 2008
I had a Japanese student in class today. Everyone loved him. He was funny and also very smart. At the end of class, everyone had a lot of questions to ask him about his culture and his language. I sat back and pleasantly enjoyed this blatant display of hypocrisy. Less than one week earlier, a group of [...]
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