Demonstrators in Beijing shouted, “down with little Japan”, “free our captain” and “remember 18 September”, in reference to the anniversary of the Manchurian incident in 1931.
Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial row over a group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China. The BBC looks at the background to the row.
So which country has a better claim to the islands? My feeling is that it’s China, although the answer isn’t clearcut. Chinese navigational records show the islands as Chinese for many centuries, and a 1783 Japanese map shows them as Chinese as well. Japan purported to “discover” the islands only in 1884 and annexed them only in 1895 when it also grabbed Taiwan. (You can also make a case that they are terra nullis, belonging to no nation.)
まあ結局ツイッターはケータイ用のツールなんですよね。ただ、政治家の率直な意見が読めたり、大手メディアが逆立ちしても伝えない「事実」に易々と触れられたり、非常に面白くエキサイティングな部分があることも確かだと思います。ただ私には向いていないなあと感じました。 Posted by やきとり at 2010年09月17日 12:15
Afghan voters face a difficult task on Saturday with almost 2,500 candidates to choose from in parliamentary elections. The long list includes 406 women. Radio Netherlands Worldwide spoke with Shinkai Karokhel who is fighting for victory on 18 September, and with Zarghuna Kakar, for whom politics was just too much.