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Boycotts of Japanese products have been conducted by numerous Chinese civilian and governmental organisations, always in response to real or perceived Japanese aggression, whether military, political or economic. EARLY BOYCOTTS The first boycott of Japanese products in China was started 1915 as a result of public indignation at the Twenty-One Demands which Japan threatened China to accept. In 1919, the students and Intellectuals involved in the May Fourth Movement called for another boycott of Japanese products, to which the public responded enthusiastically. Local chambers of commerce decided to severe economic ties with Japan, workers refused to work in Japanese-funded factories, consumers refused to buy Japanese goods, and students mobilised to Punish those found selling, buying or using Japanese products. The Jinan Incident of 1928 prompted a new boycott, this time the KMT government mobilised the population to cease economic dealings with Japan. From then on, anti-Japanese protests in China would always be accompanied with boycotts of Japanese products. MODERN BOYCOTTS After World War II , the Chinese community, upset over various issues such as the sovereignty of Diaoyutai Islands , the Japanese History Textbook Controversies and Japanese leaders' visits to Yasukuni Shrine , would launch boycotts of Japanese products. Republic Of China citizens started a boycott in September 1972 to protest Japan's diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic Of China , and twice burned Japanese products in front of the Taipei City Hall , ironically of Japanese construction. In 2005 a new wave of boycotts were started in mainland China, concurrent with the , as well as a breakdown of how much money consumers supposedly give to the Japanese government and military for every 100 yuan they spend on Japanese products ("10 bullets for the so-called Self-Defense Forces"; "6 to 8 pages of anti-Chinese textbooks and documents", etc.). SEE ALSO |
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