It is an effort to cope with the declining reputation of the party and the distrust of the people toward party officials. |
It was quite hard to walk through there. You say, 'Wow! How could they do this?' Many things are twisted facts. |
The China threat issue is a perfect button to push to avoid people looking at his domestic record. Things could get complicated with this kind of game. |
The museum teaches an entirely different history. Its purpose from beginning to end is to tell the Japanese people that Japan did nothing wrong. |
Their rationale is, once you let go, all this reporting will go in one direction, [which] they say is politically irresponsible. So, therefore, they want to stop this. They say there's no end to this: if you start reporting like this, social stability might be at stake. |
This is a real dilemma for the leadership. There is the possibility for this to get mixed up with broader social grievances, so they have to tread carefully. |