Hong Kong national security law: for Japanese, a chance to ‘poke red China’?

Beijing’s imposition of the controversial national security law on Hong Kong on Wednesday and the arrest of around 370 people who took to the streets in protest has triggered angry criticism of China in Japan and expressions of support for Hongkongers on social media.The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, however, has remained largely silent on the issue.The response from Japanese people, on the other hand, has been swift and strong – although Robert Dujarric, a professor of international…