Japan risks threat to global peace by rekindling militaristic spirit of Second World War, senior Chinese official warns
--Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to London, launches a strong criticism of the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, accusing him of deliberately raising tensions in Asia and putting the world on a “perilous path”--
Telegraph.co.uk | 01 Jan 2014
...Mr Liu warns that under Mr Abe, Japan is seeking to rewrite the history of its role in the war and restore its status as an aggressive military power...
...In unusually vivid language, Mr Liu even compares modern Japan to Lord Voldemort, the villain of the Harry Potter stories who eventually “dies hard”. The ambassador appealed to Britain to side with China against Japan in the escalating row between Beijing and Tokyo...more...