Chinese cartoon about Taiji dolphin hunt

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    Since most Japanese place names are written the same in Japanese and Chinese, one occasionally comes across Chinese links when running kanji search queries through Google News.

    While searching for news stories about Taiji, the Japanese town that is being targeting by animal rights activists because of its dolphin hunt, I found the following tasteful cartoon in the Jiangmen Ribao newspaper.

    chinese news report on dolphin hunt

    I can’t read Chinese, but I’m guessing that the dolphin blood splattering all over the Japanese national flag is an indication that the article depicts Japan in a negative light.

    While we’re on the topic of Taiji, here are two links that share some news:

    • Link 1: A Chunichi Shimbun article (in Japanese) sadly recalling that one year has passed since the death of Ku, Nagoya Aquarium’s beloved orca. The article says that Ku originally came from the Taiji Aquarium, which means he was probably captured after being driven into the town’s infamous cove.
    • Link 2: CBS News and the Associated Press provide some PR for “The Cove” by playing up claims that its director is risking arrest by attending a screening of the film in Japan.

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