A social media account of China Central TV was filled with comments rejoicing in the attack that killed Abe
Copies of a special edition Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper with a report about the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, July 8 2022. Picture: BLOOMBERG/KIYOSHI OTA
After Abe died, a post saying “Let the celebrations begin!” got more than 150,000 likes within 30 minutes. Abe angered the Chinese government and especially the more nationalist segment of the ruling party both while he was in office and after he stepped down, especially for pushing Japan to increase defence spending and revise the pacifist article in its constitution. In 2013, his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo drew a quick rebuke from China for paying respects at a site that memorialises war-dead including World War 2 criminals.
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