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'Assassination of Shinzo Abe' student performance sparks intense debate on Chinese social media

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High school students in the northeastern Chinese city of Zaozhuang have sparked intense online debate with a performance re-enacting the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The play staged on October 10, 2023, featured a banner criticising Japan’s decision to release treated wastewater from its crippled Fukushima power plant.

 

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