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A vendor waits for customers at a wholesale fish market in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2023. China on Aug. 24 banned all Japanese seafood imports over what it said was the "selfish" release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
When Japan began discharging treated nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24, the Chinese regime suspended the import of Japanese aquatic products.
As this occurred, Chinese internet censors began blocking objective discussions of the health risks of the discharge.