Xi seized the opportunity to drive a wedge between America’s two main Asian allies, and built a memorial to Ahn. Japan responded by blasting China for glorifying a terrorist and propagating a “one-sided” view of history – a move that, Japan asserted, was “not conducive to building peace and stability.”
去年，朴槿惠要求习近平纪念安重根。习近平抓住机会离间美国的两大主要亚洲盟友，并未安重根树立纪念碑。日本的反应是抨击中国美化恐怖分子、宣传“片面”的历史观——日本表示，这一举动“不利于构建和平与稳定”。