War of Words

Harsh words exchange between two countries, again.

Regarind Yasukuni visit, at a press briefing Chinese Foreign Minster Li quoted a German, said that even for a German it is hard to understand that Japanese leaders are doing such a “stupid” and “immoral” thing. Japanese counted immediately, cabinet spokesman Abe Shinzo said, as a foreign minister, Li is “lack of good taste”.

Li's original words are

"这是一个非常严肃的问题。不仅中国人民不能接受日本现任领导人至今还参拜甲级战犯亡灵，其他许多国家的人民也不能接受。一位德国官员告诉我，德国人也不能理解，日本的领导人怎么能干这种事，这种傻事，这种不道德的事。"

Abe's words are
"現職の外交当局トップの地位にある人物が、他国の指導者に対し『おろか』とか『不道徳』といった品格に欠ける表現を用いるのは外交儀礼上、不適切だ"

On a happy note, in Shanghai, Chinese and Japanese students are working together to put out a musical, “our road”. Even the theme of the play has been changed dramatically, for fear of stirring up a battle in already fragile bilateral relations. The original theme, the World War II, changed to a Chinese student who died in an earthquake in Japan; it is still a step forward towards a right direction.