A Japanese tourist couple was held for two weeks because the man let the hosts down for a photo on the Chinese wall. His partner took the photos. The exposure of the lower half of the body is not allowed in China.
According to reports, the couple is in the 1920s and stated that it was a joke. The two were arrested immediately when the woman took photos of the man with a exposed rear part. Then both were held for about two weeks and referred to the country. The young couple is now back in Japan.
The incident caused great indignation in China. A contribution about the incident was viewed more than 60 million times on the Weibo platform by Friday morning. Many remarks that were considered a lot of encouragement in which the couple was heavily criticized. One part suggested not to leave Japanese visitors in the country.
This can also be related to atrocities during the Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s, which still cause violent reactions.
Source: Krone
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