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The dangers of China鈥檚 cyber-nationalism
Our reporters Tessa Wong and Fan Wang investigate how nationalism in online posts are part of a wider phenomenon.
For years, posts related to events during the Second World War have proliferated on the Chinese internet, with the Japanese invasion during the war remaining a sensitive topic for nationalists on both sides. In China, Japan鈥檚 wartime atrocities have long been a sore point as Beijing maintains that Tokyo has never fully apologised.
The online posts are part of a wider phenomenon, which encompasses both xenophobia and attacks on Chinese nationals for being unpatriotic.
Our reporters, Tessa Wong and Fan Wang, investigate.
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