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SHANGHAI–China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced on the 25th that it would ban food companies from processing, sourcing and selling Japanese seafood following the release of treated water from the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Violations will be dealt with severely. On Chinese social networking sites (SNS), information that fuels anxiety about Japanese food products has spread, and posts such as “I will not buy Japanese products anymore” are being posted one after another.
The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, criticized the release of treated water in a commentary dated May 25, saying, “Japan has put itself in the dock.” The Beijing Shimbun has also stepped up its criticism, including a six-page feature titled “Japan’s release of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean.”
Lists of Japanese brands were circulated on SNS, saying that “Japanese products need lightning rods (to prevent radioactive substances),” and Japanese products were boycotted. Japanese products as a whole are becoming targets, such as government-affiliated media conducting questionnaires asking whether they would buy Japanese cosmetics.
On the 24th, the Chinese customs authorities completely suspended the import of Japanese marine products. “In response to Japan’s extremely selfish and irresponsible behavior, China has the right and responsibility to take necessary and reasonable measures,” said Wang Wenbin, deputy spokesman of China’s Foreign Ministry. claimed.
On the 25th, the Japanese embassy in Beijing warned Japanese residents to be careful when going out.
2023-08-25 11:34:36
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