Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to seek a reversal of Beijing's ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
You may be right about the CCP’s motivations, but there’s more to it.
Nuclear safety is an issue of much public anxiety in China and there have been public protests about things like nuclear power plant sites.
There also seems to be a fair amount of misinformation about nuclear stuff - not least because people sometimes don’t trust government spokespeople and govt sanctioned “experts”. Rumours about Fukushima have been part of that.
Their government may well be capitalizing on it for the reasons you suggest, but a fear of Fukushima fish totally does track with the Chinese public.
If I still ate fish, I would eat Fukushima fish. The mercury is probably going to do more damage than a trace amount of radiation. I’ll eat some Fukushima seaweed.
You may be right about the CCP’s motivations, but there’s more to it.
Nuclear safety is an issue of much public anxiety in China and there have been public protests about things like nuclear power plant sites.
There also seems to be a fair amount of misinformation about nuclear stuff - not least because people sometimes don’t trust government spokespeople and govt sanctioned “experts”. Rumours about Fukushima have been part of that.
Their government may well be capitalizing on it for the reasons you suggest, but a fear of Fukushima fish totally does track with the Chinese public.
Heck, would you risk Fukushima fish?
No. I know in theory it’s safe but I prefer not to entrust my safety to theories.
If I still ate fish, I would eat Fukushima fish. The mercury is probably going to do more damage than a trace amount of radiation. I’ll eat some Fukushima seaweed.