Can’t we all just get it on?
A Japanese actress reminds her Chinese fans how conflicted they are
OF ALL the positions with which Sora Aoi has excited her Chinese fans (and there have been many), this was among the more surprising. As anti-Japanese sentiment flared across China, the former porn star issued an online appeal, in fetching calligraphy, for Sino-Japanese friendship. One placard waved at anti-Japanese protests over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands read simply: “the Diaoyu islands belong to China; Sora Aoi belongs to the world.”
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Can’t we all just get it on?”
China September 22nd 2012
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