Tower of peace or sin? Why China says a Japanese wartime monument must be razed
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Mainland state media decries tourist attraction as ‘symbol of militarism’ as Beijing’s diplomatic row with Tokyo continues.

Mainland Chinese media are calling for the demolition of a wartime monument in Japan, resurfacing a long-standing point of bilateral tension, as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a diplomatic row over Taiwan. Yuyuantantian, a social media account run by mainland state broadcaster CCTV, said on Saturday that Japan seized more than 370 stones from the countries it invaded during the second world war – most from China – and used them to build Hakko Ichiu Tower, which the account described as “a tower…

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