Japanese adult film star Sola Aoi takes a question on Sino-Japanese relations
Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 11:41AM
Liz Carter
Tea Leaf Nation recently covered Japanese adult film star Sola Aoi's attempts on Sina Weibo to promote Sino-Japanese friendship, and the looting of Japanese businesses in China, amid recent tensions over islands in the East China Sea that both countries claim. I was looking at Japanese responses to the rioting in China and found this tweet by Sola Aoi (translated below):

いるよいるよいっぱいいるよ。あんな行動を恥ずかしく思ってる人も沢山いるよ。一部の人の行動が全ての中国人がしてるみたいに思わないで欲しい。#sola_replyRT @reo0810r 中国に日本の事を嫌ってない人っているんですか?

— 蒼井そら(SOLA AOI) (@aoi_sola) September 15, 2012

 

"There are also many good people. There are many people who feel ashamed of these actions [the looting and rioting]. I hope you do not think that these things represent all Chinese people #sola_reply RT @reo0810r is there anyone who doesn't hate Japan in China?"

 

Disclaimer: I only studied Japanese for three years and only lived there for a few months. If there is a mistake in this translation at all, please let me know. That said, assuming I haven't made any large errors, I find her response very level headed. I read many of the terrible things tweeted at Sola Aoi on Weibo yesterday, and I think it's a testament to her character that she can continue to try to promote peace and cooperation even in the face of vicious personal attacks. 

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