An exhibition that includes Studio Ghibli animation movies and works by director Hayao Miyazaki in southern China has been postponed, the organizer stated earlier this week, as a Sino-Japanese diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan intensifies.
The occasion was scheduled to open on Dec 25 in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, and run by means of October subsequent yr.
The organizer stated Monday on Chinese social media, “We look forward to seeing you again in the near future,” with out revealing why the exhibition wouldn’t open as deliberate.
The same occasion that includes Studio Ghibli productions was held in Shanghai final yr. Animation motion pictures by Miyazaki, an Oscar-winning director, are common in China.
The ongoing tensions between the 2 Asian neighbors stem from Takaichi’s remarks final month suggesting Japan may deploy its protection forces to assist the U.S. army within the occasion of a battle over Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.
The dispute has affected the Japanese leisure trade, with many live shows and performances by artists canceled in China.
Among them are performances by singer Ayumi Hamasaki, whose present scheduled for Jan 10 in Macao was known as off. Her Shanghai efficiency in late November was additionally cancelled on the final minute.
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