Non-Japanese Asians Are Not Pleased By President Obama's Visit To Hiroshima

Obama and Abe laid wreaths at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday [Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Chen Shilei, Xinhuanet: Obama's Hiroshima trip no occasion to whitewash Japan's WWII atrocities

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The motive behind U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to Japan's A-bombed Hiroshima on Friday may seem noble, but in reality, it is nothing more than yet another opportunity seized by Washington and Tokyo to pursue their own ulterior motives.

At first glance, for a city falling as the first victim to an atomic bomb in human history, a visit by the first sitting president of the country that dropped the bomb does appear "historic."

However, the symbolic nature of the visit is not intended to bring the two allies come closer to Obama's nuke-free dream; politicians both in Washington and Tokyo clearly have other calculations on their mind.

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WNU editor: This editorial .... albeit with a Chinese bent ....  is also reflective on what many non-Japanese Asians feel about President Obama's trip to Hiroshima .... not impressed and in some quarters downright angry.