Some people said, “I just put this on to pass the time…” …Intensified by the release of treated water! Nuisance calls flooding in from China: “Authorities tolerate this” special situation.

Call Japan to protest!

In response to the social networking sites, more than 6,000 protest calls have been made to TEPCO from China. Even restaurants and other establishments that have nothing to do with the plant have received numerous unsolicited calls from China, which are said to be interfering with their business operations.

The Yomiuri Shimbun on August 31 interviewed Chinese youths who made unsolicited calls in response to social networking calls. They told the Yomiuri Shimbun, “It didn’t matter who we were talking to. I didn’t care who I called. I wanted to be stimulated” and “I made the call to kill time.

Meanwhile, the protests have escalated. Bricks were thrown into the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, and stones were thrown at a Japanese school in Qingdao, Shandong Province, in the east. A stone was thrown at a Japanese school in Qingdao, Shandong Province in the east. The local consulate warned Japanese residents not to speak Japanese carelessly. The Japanese government is also sounding the alarm.

Japan as an outlet for discontent

The Chinese government seems to be tacitly approving of the heated protests against Japan, rather than stopping them. At a press conference on August 28, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was asked about the nuisance.

China consistently protects the safety and rights of foreigners. The Japanese government unilaterally discharged ‘nuclear contaminated water’ into the sea, ignoring strong opposition from the international community.

Why are the Chinese authorities not actively trying to stop this nuisance to Japan? There seems to be a special circumstance behind this. Chinese journalist Zhou Laiyu says, “There are two major reasons.

There are two major reasons: First, the stagnant economic situation has led to growing public dissatisfaction. Real estate prices are falling and unemployment is worsening. By tolerating criticism of the treated water, the government is trying to redirect the public’s anger, which might otherwise be directed at the government, to Japan. It is believed that they are using Japan as an outlet for their discontent.

Another reason is that September is the “anti-Japanese month,” as September 3 was the day of China’s victory in the anti-Japanese war, and on the 18th the Liujiaohu Incident, which triggered the Manchurian Incident, took place. When Japan declared the Senkaku Islands nationalized in September 2012, the anti-Japanese mood also increased. Fortunately, the riots were not as violent this time.

The nuisance to Japan is heating up. If the situation continues to intensify, it could cast a major shadow over Japan-China relations.