Thread: China deports Japanese tourists over Great Wall buttocks pic: reports

Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China then deported for taking photos showing exposed buttocks at the Great Wall, local media reported.


Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China then deported for taking photos showing exposed buttocks at the Great Wall


The incident at the World Heritage site near Beijing concerned a man who showed his bottom and a woman who took photos, NTV and other Japanese media outlets reported on Thursday.


Tokyo's foreign ministry said Friday that "the Embassy of Japan in China confirmed on January 3 that two Japanese nationals were detained by local authorities at the Great Wall."


They "were subsequently released and returned to Japan during January", it said in a statement.


The Japanese embassy in Beijing did not reply to requests for comment.


The tourists were detained on the spot by security guards and held for around two weeks, the reports said, citing sources.


Exposing the lower half of the body in a public place is against the law in China, according to the reports.


The tourists reportedly told the Japanese embassy they did it as a prank.


The reports sparked outrage in China, where memories of atrocities committed during Japan's colonial occupation of the country in the 1930s and 40s still inspire strong feelings.


A hashtag translating to "Japanese man and woman detained for indecent behaviour at the Great Wall" had been viewed over 60 million times on social media platform Weibo by Friday morning.


Many top-liked comments blasted the tourists for the act, with some using hateful language toward Japanese people.


One comment by Chinese actor Chen Yitian, who has over 7 million followers on the platform, condemned them for doing "shameful things on my Great Wall".


Others suggested China ban all Japanese visitors.

China deports Japanese tourists over Great Wall buttocks pic

That feels like an overreaction

Originally Posted by DrWilly

That feels like an overreaction

Nanjing, 1937. Speak to anyone Chinese.

If 1937 sounds like a long time ago, I have been given a hard time on two separate occasions in Shanghai about the Summer Palace, which was 1860, and how Britain 'would be made to pay'.

Considering how poorly Chinese tourists are known to behave overseas, I also think it is an overreaction. 1937 is a very long time ago.

They don't really have independent opinions, they are taught this stuff and learn how to bear a grudge. I tried explaining to people that 1860 was distant history, about not blaming sons for the sins of their fathers, that we Brits had fought two wars with Germany last century and managed to get over it (apart from football) - they weren't interested in discussion, they just had a fixed response.

1937 is a very long time ago.

The chinese have very very long memories, as the west is beginning to find out.

The chinkies love playing this national pride card, it distracts the drones from realising they're drones.

Originally Posted by Shutree

Nanjing, 1937. Speak to anyone Chinese.

Because two 20something tourists had a hand in that…

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The chinkies love playing this national pride card, it distracts the drones from realising they're drones.

You mean as opposed to Brits or Americans who aren’t nationalistic at all?

Originally Posted by misskit

Exposing the lower half of the body in a public place is against the law in China, according to the reports.

So no short pants anywhere then ?

What about flashing their tits ?

Ah ...so......our souls

Originally Posted by Shutree

Summer Palace, which was 1860

the ̶f̶e̶n̶t̶a̶n̶ opium war..