Yeah, in fact the footage from the Japanese news report was from China’s CCTV, which had also reported it before any Japanese TV stations did.

Is that really true? I see a lot Japanese media coverage about how good the Chinese economy is and how successful they are now.

Cardboard meat stuff was made up by Chinese media, not Japanese.

China is a major neighboring country for Japan, so what happens in China is a big concern of Japanese, I guess.

Thanks for posting stuff like this. I think sharing how Japanese media looks at the world is really important and I always appreciate posts like this.

My opinion is that people in Japan use bad stories about foreigners, especially those in Africa or China to feel good about themselves. There are several problems with such an attitude, however, I probably don’t need to tell you about that as you already know.

As it turns out, while this story generated a lot of media attention in Japan, it wasn’t even true!

Here’s a link:
http:// http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK90856.htm

I’ve blogged my opinion about this here;
http:// japan.shadowofiris.com/racism/chinese-cardboard-dumplings-story-a-fake/

However, the bottom line is that I mainly blog about interesting stuff on Japanese TV, with a focus on strange stuff westerners usually don’t hear about. I’m not on a mission to drag China through the mud, but I’m also not about to stop posting interesting stories because a few visitors from the People’s Republic of China complain about it.