http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4352130.stm
Given the history of both countries (though currently perhaps Japan is viewed as no longer dictatorial/oppressive) is this not a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
Ok, the Japanese PM has been to the 'controversial' war shrine 5 times since becoming PM in 2001, but is this not in line with the japanese belief in spirituality and venerating the 'ancestors' and such?
If I were china (obviously I'm not hehe) I'd think long and hard about my policies toward my own citizens before criticising/sabre rattling and issuing deliberate political rhetoric against another nation, regardless of 'history'.
Surely the way is
forwards not getting bogged down in endlessly rubbing salt into old wounds? Afterall chairman Mao was ultimately responsible for the deaths of many chinese (ok that's internal brutality by a nation to its people) but you don't hear the Japanese complaining about that...
Not really sure about much of it, but that's my first impression.