Overseas Chinese Students Whipped Into Frenzy Over Japan Wastewater Dumping

Fishermen boarding trawlers prepare for a fishing operation at Matsukawaura fishing port in Soma, near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan on Aug. 22, 2023. Kyodo via Reuters

Chinese students in Australia are pushing to mobilise against recent moves by the Japanese authorities to discharge nuclear wastewater into the ocean.

The action comes after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) suspended imports of Japanese aquatic products on Aug. 24 and began fanning anti-Japanese sentiment.