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The bickering between Japan and China has descended into name-calling in the British press, with claim and counter-claim by the countries' ambassadors invoking the evil wizard of the Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort.
In an opinion piece published in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper on Monday, Tokyo's envoy to London, Keiichi Hayashi, compared Beijing to the villain of JK Rowling's books.
"East Asia is now at a crossroads. There are two paths open to China, one is to seek dialogue, and abide by the rule of law. The other is to play the role of Voldemort in the region by letting loose the evil of an arms race and escalation of tensions, although Japan will not escalate the situation from its side."
China hit back by comparing Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to “a horcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation’s soul’’
Source: news.com.au
In an opinion piece published in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper on Monday, Tokyo's envoy to London, Keiichi Hayashi, compared Beijing to the villain of JK Rowling's books.
"East Asia is now at a crossroads. There are two paths open to China, one is to seek dialogue, and abide by the rule of law. The other is to play the role of Voldemort in the region by letting loose the evil of an arms race and escalation of tensions, although Japan will not escalate the situation from its side."
China hit back by comparing Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to “a horcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation’s soul’’
Source: news.com.au
