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China Offers to Repair Damaged Japan Embassy
AP ^ | 04/18/05

Posted on 04/18/2005 11:00:25 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

China Offers to Repair Damaged Japan Embassy

1 hour, 26 minutes ago World - Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has offered to repair the Japanese Embassy in Beijing damaged in a violent anti-Japan protest, a mission spokesman said on Tuesday, but there was no word of compensation.

China has witnessed three weekends of violent anti-Japan protests against a controversial Japanese school text that China says whitewashes Japan's wartime history and against Tokyo's bid for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

More than 20 windows were broken at the embassy when thousands of demonstrators converged on April 9, a Japanese embassy spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that a company under China's Foreign Ministry had offered to do the repair work.

Asked if Japan was being compensated for the damage to its facilities, the spokesman said: "Not exactly."

"They (the Foreign Ministry-affiliated company) offered to fix the damage," he said. "My colleagues in Tokyo are thinking of how to respond to this offer."

The Japanese Ambassador's residence several kilometers (miles) away was also attacked, with windows broken and what the embassy spokesman described as "communications equipment" damaged.

Demonstrators last weekend damaged the Japanese consulate in Shanghai, smashing windows, chucking eggs, tomatoes and paint at the building, and damaging nearby cars.

The embassy spokesman said Japan was waiting for China to respond to a request for compensation for the damage to its missions.

The Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment, and the Diplomatic Services Bureau, which manages diplomatic property in China, declined to comment.

In Shanghai, more than 20 restaurants and stores were vandalized, a diplomatic source familiar with the matter said.

"We have heard from a few shops, who tell us they've received monetary compensation from the Shanghai authorities. But there's no way of telling if these shops are Japanese or Chinese-owned," he said.

Several Japanese restaurants were also attacked in Beijing and elsewhere.

(Additional reporting by Godwin Chellam in Shanghai)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antijapan; china; compensation; damage; japan; northeastasia; protest
China is moving to wind it down. One news reports said that they won't allow additional protest on May 4, the anniversary of an anti-Japanese protest 86 years ago.

It remains to be seen how population respond. Would such an action make them turn on their government or just melt away?

1 posted on 04/18/2005 11:00:27 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Ping!


2 posted on 04/18/2005 11:00:51 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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DAMNN boy nice to see Chinese citizens acting like people from Detriot especially after they win SPort championships


3 posted on 04/18/2005 11:06:10 PM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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Gosh, such controlled fury, and cleaning up after themselves. Wish our own ANSWER slime would do that. Of course the difference is, the ChiComs don't really want to lose the next Olympics in their efforts to engulf Taiwan, so they gotta play at least a little nice until after the Games.

But the Chinese want to have their cake and eat it too....


4 posted on 04/18/2005 11:08:36 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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They'll even plant the bugs at no additional charge. They are setting themselves up for an olympic boycott.


5 posted on 04/18/2005 11:09:49 PM PDT by Always Independent
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"They (the Foreign Ministry-affiliated company) offered to fix the damage," he said.

Spies-R-Us: Please let us come into your embassy to repair the damage and install plenty of spy equipment.

"My colleagues in Tokyo are thinking of how to respond to this offer."

Still trying to politely translate "piss off" into Mandarin.

6 posted on 04/18/2005 11:10:20 PM PDT by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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You know what I hope they have people against Tanks competioin if the not going be BORINGGGGGG Olympics games LOL!


7 posted on 04/18/2005 11:10:50 PM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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Actually, they are thinking of adding an aerobatics competition. I hear the have or had some real hotdogs. They just can't master the P-3 loop yet.


8 posted on 04/18/2005 11:14:54 PM PDT by Always Independent
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... and while rebuilding it, fill it with listening devices. Shades of Moscow, anyone?


9 posted on 04/18/2005 11:56:53 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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