At the Christian Science Monitor, the headline and the subheading say it all:
Beijing now worried anti-Japan protests could backfire
Protesters at an anti-Japan rally also unfurled banners calling for a multiparty political system and complaining about the high price of real estate, according to images shown on Japanese TV.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/1026/Beijing-now-worried-anti-Japan-protests-could-backfire
China is facing a lot of pressure. This post was about internal protestors. Meanwhile at COTO2 I posted an article about the external pressure on China (the New York Times says that Obama is getting tough).
ReplyDeleteOther external pressure:
"On Monday, a group of 15 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, including former President Jimmy Carter and South African anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu, issued a letter calling on world leaders to press for Liu Xiaobo’s release at next month’s G-20 summit in South Korea. "
And, a new man at the United Nations caused this report:
"NEW YORK—In his debut statement to the United Nations General Assembly’s Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee, the recently appointed Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, boldly demonstrated that he won't ignore China, at once a permanent member of the Security Council and a chronic abuser of religious freedom."
Everybody is tightening the screws on Beijing simultaneously. The climate has become good for groups like my China Support Network.
Japan can apply the West's pressure better than anyone. Add the N.Korea S.K and everything else Asia and you got quite a lot of potential there. I keep my eye on the Asian trigger.
ReplyDeleteObviously China holds the cards but if the house of cards should fall so falls the world.
The fishing issue resembles the same maritime schemes we have seen since tonkin. It's dicey.