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January 03, 2014

China envoy compares Japanese militarism to Voldemort
Beijing (AFP) Jan 02, 2014
China's ambassador to Britain has invoked Lord Voldemort, the villain of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, in a diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Tokyo over the Japanese prime minister's visit to a controversial war shrine. "In the Harry Potter story, the dark wizard Voldemort dies because the seven horcruxes, which contain parts of his soul, have been destroyed," ambassador Liu Xiaoming wrote Wednesday in an op-ed in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. "If militarism is like the haunting Vold ... read more

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