Digitaholic Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Now heres a riot... :no: BEIJING, China -- Hundreds of Chinese soccer fans clashed with riot police for several hours outside Beijing's Workers' Stadium, pelting them with bottles and obscenities after their team lost 3-1 to Japan in a politically charged Asian Cup final. The governments from both nations had pleaded with fans for calm in the days before Saturday night's potentially politically explosive encounter. But those calls were largely ignored. Loathing for Japan spewed from many in the 65,000-strong crowd that witnessed a disappointing effort from the host nation. Japanese flags were burned, there were calls for boycotts of Japanese goods and boos and jeers greeted Japan's every move. Any mistake by a Japan player earned cheers, while a tide of derision hit the defending champions every time they fell to the ground or feigned injury. They booed so loudly that Japan's national anthem was drowned out, but the biggest outpouring of jeers came with the final whistle. After Japan's third goal, the atmosphere in the stadium turned hostile and the stadium's PA system blasted static at full volume to drown out a constant wave of obscenities from the crowd during the cup presentation ceremony at the end of the match. Around 6,000 riot police, troops and security staff were deployed for the match and some of them had to disperse angry fans outside the stadium. For several hours after the game Chinese fans blocked traffic outside the stadium and set fire to Japanese flags, threw bottles and hurled abuse before riot police made their move. The trouble outside prevented around 2,000 Japan fans -- who were separated from Chinese fans by rows of plainclothes police -- from leaving the stadium for several hours. Hundreds of Chinese fans then gathered outside the hotel where the Japan team were staying, shouting nationlist slogans. There was a major police presence at the hotel and also at the Japanese ambassador's residence. The road outside the Japanese embassy was cordoned off. "I think Chinese fans are not very civilized. With the Olympics coming up, it gives people around the world a very bad impression," Reuters quoted Jian Sexiong, a Japanese fan born in China who is studying at Tsinghua University. Any match between rivals is always set to be heated, but the two nations' history gave Saturday's encounter a bigger edge. Many Chinese still resent Japan's invasion and occupation of parts of their country from 1931 to 1945. Tens of millions died. However, other issues still rile ordinary Chinese. Both nations regularly bicker over the sovereignty of a chain of islands in the East China Sea. Last year, relations nose-dived further after a three-day sex romp involving hundreds of Japanese tourists and Chinese prostitutes at a hotel in south China. State media on Saturday urged spectators to separate sport from politics at the final. This plea followed poor crowd behavior at earlier Japan games in which hostile Chinese crowds jeered Japanese players, threw rubbish on the pitch and rushed Japan's team bus. One 35-year-old man who described himself as a patriotic educator told Reuters it was important to remind the Japanese not to forget history. "We're seeing their old fascism starting to come back a little. For example, they are sending troops abroad," he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powa Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 No need, it's only football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanDaMan Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Last year, relations nose-dived further after a three-day sex romp involving hundreds of Japanese tourists and Chinese prostitutes at a hotel in south China. :rofl: Why don't I remember the news report on that. Would have been a good read! And shame on the Chinese for that behaviour. Makes some of our behaviour at football matches look, friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle22g Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 I have to see this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SittingBull Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 :rofl: Why don't I remember the news report on that. Would have been a good read!And shame on the Chinese for that behaviour. Makes some of our behaviour at football matches look, friendly. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/29/...s&oneclick=true There ya go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledragonxz Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 you gotta be registered to see that, care to paste the article here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastSamurai Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 losing the game is just one reason, another reason is most chinese people dont like japanese at all, becasue of the WWII. and one of the goals was by hand, just like Maradona did years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastSamurai Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 "I think Chinese fans are not very civilized. With the Olympics coming up, it gives people around the world a very bad impression," Reuters quoted Jian Sexiong, a Japanese fan born in China who is studying at Tsinghua University. total Bull***t, the guy must be hammered. this has nothing to do with "civilized", same thing happens in Europe and South America all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hez Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 China and Japan have enmity for many years since WW2. Japanese did alot of terrible things in China, and now Japanese don't confess to doing that. No one in China like Japan. So it was normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 the chinese players are sooks they complain about the japanese players diving, but thats the only way china could get into the final (through diving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 What a lame excuse, using WW2 as a pretext for the "fans" bad behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keito Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 I honostly think it's stupid to riot about any type of sport at all but it happens... anyways, I guess it's kind of the same with my county (netherlands) and germany... if we play soccer against 'em there are destined to be riots somewhere... and it's somewhat related to the fact that dutch people don't like germans, probably because of WW2... I think it's stupid but some people where alive then and tell their kids how bad the germans were and are etc. I guess same thing happens there, they hear that Japanese people suck for some reason they don't even know etc. Oh well... I thought the asia cup was nice to watch though :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitaholic Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 China and Japan have enmity for many years since WW2.Japanese did alot of terrible things in China, and now Japanese don't confess to doing that. No one in China like Japan. So it was normally. Trust, most koreans dont like japan also, but some koreans dont like china since they also invaded korea during the war way back , but it wasnt painful as japanese did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 total Bull***t, the guy must be hammered. this has nothing to do with "civilized", same thing happens in Europe and South America all the time. so? whatever he said is still true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demorgoron Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 im not a big fan of soccer,violence and riots are not acceptable,its just a game,geez :sleep: :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 This is just crazy. :no: :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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