Chinese Authorities Try to Block Citizens from Seeing Senkaku Boat Ramming Video

well now that dismisses my thoughts^^ if the chinese dont want to show the vod well it means they fucked up^^

Though I have no illusions of their motives (crucify one guy, hope China “forgives” Japan, pretend all is well) the Kan administration does have a point, regarding the need to track down the source of the leak.

The situation of information security, or lackthereof in Japan is pretty dismal.
One of Japan’s more major weak points in national security is how it has so much trouble keeping secret information secret. That’s one of the principle reasons that Japan is always sitting on the sidelines twiddling it’s advanced technological thumbs while other Western countries pitch in to develop modern weaponry like the F-35.
Since Japan is where any data or schematics would be most prone to leakage and espionage, nobody really wants Japan on the team until they manage to plug all the holes.
And since Japan is an outsider, it gets to buy those nifty planes at uber-inflated prices and/or reduced performance, missing out on the technical know-hows that are to be gained in participating in such a venture.

And assuming some brave soul actually took the initiative in leaking the videos, they need to be subject to due process of the law, however much we think he or she did the right thing.
If one is to point fingers at other countries and call them underhanded, lawless or barbaric for celebrating terroristic acts (assassinations) or condemning other acts at the whim of some leaders or “national emotion”, one ought to follow their own rules.
One fond tale some Japanese people like to invoke about the “Rule of Law” in Japan is the story of when one Tsuda Sanzo tried to assassinate Nicholas II of Russia. (The Otsu Scandal)
The leaker has my respect and I salute him or her, assuming this person fully knew what the leak entailed and knowingly took the hit.

Then there is the whole unpleasant theme of the Japanese government losing control over its various agencies. People still remember how the whole deal with the Kanto Army ultimately went down once they decided they knew better than central command how to run Japan, with notable incidents like the Mukden Incident and the Huanggutun bombing.
Not saying leaking a video against orders is on the same order of magnitude or severity as being an army running around unchecked inciting war in a foreign country, but it’s not a good sign either.

Of course, one shouldn’t forget the root of all this grief stems from the apallingly poor handling of the situation by both the Kan administration and the CCP …

I read some of the comments by Chinese youtubers (Most of whom lived abroad and not in China) on the video and it was literally some of the scariest, most ignorant, most hateful things I’ve ever seen people comment on youtube videos.

I’m finding it rather ironic that twice in the past year now (this, and the Sea Shepard collision causing the scuttling of the Andy Gil), people with an anti-Japanese bent have tried to twist interpretations of clear video evidence to suggest that Japanese boats were at fault in incidents involving reckless and dangerous behaviour by the captains of the non-Japanese boats.