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Student sent back to China over Japanese rising sun flag incident in Russia

Cao Jiaxuan · South China Morning Post
Published 20 Oct 2026, 6:00 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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A Chinese student who draped himself in the Japanese rising sun flag in a Russian university classroom has been expelled and asked to leave the country, according to state-run newspaper Global Times. The flag was used by the Japanese military during its imperial expansion and is still used by Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force. It remains a symbol of Japanese militarism and aggression in China and other parts of Asia. Moscow State University made the decision after the student was criticised by...

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