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PLA hits out at Chinese student accused of wearing Japanese rising sun flag in classroom

· By Cao Jiaxuan
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The People’s Liberation Army has criticised a Chinese student who reportedly wore the Japanese rising sun flag in a classroom at a Russian university, accusing him of whitewashing Japanese militarism. The flag, which is still used by the Self-Defence Forces, is widely seen as a symbol of Japanese militarism and aggr…

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