Barb comes four days after a Chinese diplomat accused Japan of becoming the noseless Harry Potter arch-villian
Japan's ambassador to the U.K. dispensed with diplomatic niceties in a Sunday op-ed in The Telegraph that warned China not to play the role of 'Voldemort,' the noseless wicked wizard of Harry Potter fame. China's ambassador lobbed the same unflattering comparison at Japan in a Jan. 2 op-ed.
The dueling articles centered on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to a shrine where several convicted war criminals are interred. Japan's Keiichi Hayashi noted that during the visit Abe renewed a pledge for 'everlasting peace' and intended 'by no means to pay homage to war criminals.'
He contrasted Japan's 68-year record of democracy and a stated 'commitment to peace' with China's recent military buildup. 'It is ironic that a country that has increased its own military spending by more than 10% a year for the past 20 years should call a neighbour 'militarist,'' he opined.
'Voldemort,' on the other hand, seems to be fair game in the increasingly heated war of words between the East Asian neighbors' diplomatic corps.
Posted by Unknown on Monday, January 6, 2014 - Rating: 4.5
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