Japanese Embassy official attacked in Beijing

Saturday 05th July, 03:40 AM JST

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11 Comments

wilbur at 09:58 AM JST - 5th July

top 2 excuses: "i was drunk" "i felt stress"
rjd_jr at 10:13 AM JST - 5th July

I sure hope to see condemnation from people here for this despicable act. Surely it may be racist in origin right?
timorborder at 10:28 AM JST - 5th July

Don't know about racism, the guy might have just been well-dressed and an easy target for this nut job. At the same time, however, attacks on diplomats should always be condemned.
tclh at 11:41 AM JST - 5th July

Reason for attack:unknown...maybe this maybe that,maybe nothing to do with being Japanese or not.
PepinGalarga at 04:48 PM JST - 5th July

Nowadays Beijng is extremely safe place to be. I doubt that this was a random act. there must be some premeditation to this to send a message.
RepublicofTexas at 07:45 PM JST - 5th July

does not reflect a general trend of antagonism toward Japanese people

ya right
JoeBigs at 12:51 PM JST - 6th July

They said that the attacker is suspected of having psychological problems, according to the embassy.

Yeah, brain washed into believing Japanese are the cause for all their woes in the world.

This will blow over and will be forgotten very soon.
Molenir at 12:00 AM JST - 7th July

Well, don't know about the reasons behind it. Any excuses coming from Chinese politicians are dodgy at best. Still, at least the guy attacked wasn't badly hurt. Thats whats most important I think.
LFRAgain at 07:58 PM JST - 7th July

Premeditated to send a message? That's a bit of a stretch. Out of all possible explanations, the simplest one is usually the correct one. A nutter went after someone walking out of a convenience store. That's likely all that there is to it.
usaletterhead at 06:37 AM JST - 9th July

It seems that throughout East Asia... understand not Japan alone... knife wielding criminals are aloof... I recall several knife wielding incidents at Japan, then one at Shanghai... and now alas some anti-Japanese knife wielder who is Chinese and hates fascists Japanese neo-Nazis from World War 2.
usaletterhead at 06:38 AM JST - 9th July

Talk about anti-Japanese sentiment lasting for longer then 60 years at China... this is the equivalent of race relations between Caucasoids and Negroids at the United States of America.

Everybody needs to get over it, if it was not you then don't meddle in it. Hateful and discriminating feelings can fuel massive consequences for societies.