Mudken Incident

September 18th was the anniversary of the Mudken Incident, an event staged by the Japanese military as a pretext for invasion. To mark the day, sirens were blared for around 30-40 minutes.

It was really quite haunting... I've never heard anything like it before, and my Israeli dorm-mate had to verify to me that it was actually sirens. It really does fill you with a deep sense of impending horror.

I can understand why anti-Japanese sentiment exists... they were absolutely brutal, a force to be reckoned with. Every movie rendition and historical fact can attest to that. Though they persist in denying the atrocities of the past, I still fail to see why it's useful to loathe Japan now. They have no military, they aren't a true threat any longer... and they don't act like North Korea. This idiocy (the destruction of Japanese cars and Hello Kittys, wtf, my friend's motorcycle getting knocked over/scratched) just frustrates me.

But it really should die down soon.

Chengdu's Chunxi Lu. 

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