Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) is led by a Shinto priest as he visits Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo December 26, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai
China-Japan 'Voldemort' Attacks Up Ante In Propaganda War -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Chinese state media warned Japan on Tuesday of an escalation in the war of public opinion after both countries compared each other to Lord Voldemort, the villain in the Harry Potter stories, in a tit-for-tat diplomatic spat.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's December 26 visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals are enshrined along with other war dead, infuriated China and South Korea and prompted concern from the United States, a key ally.
Both China and Korea suffered under brutal Japanese rule, with parts of China occupied in the 1930s and Korea colonized from 1910 to 1945.
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More News On The Propaganda War Between China And Japan
'Voldemort in the region': China, Japan blast each other Harry Potter style -- RT
Japan invokes Voldemort too in media row -- Gulf News
China risks becoming Asia’s Voldemort -- Keiichi Hayashi, Gulf News
Why are China and Japan accusing each other of being Voldemort? -- Justin McCurry, Christian Science Monitor
Shinzo Abe and Xi Jinping: Birds of a Feather? -- Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
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