I’m really begining to think this is one of the most important stories we’ll see for a while. I do wish the press would stop making it primarily over Japan’s text books. I’m sure that’s a major part, but you don’t get to have huge protests, demonstrations and riots in China without the government’s approval. After all the Chinese government has refused to broadcast or all the reporting of the protests in its own media at all. It’s all for foreign consumption. And so the real question isn’t why are the Chinese people so mad at Japan, it’s Why is the Chinese Communist Party allowing the people to express their anger (for a foreign audience)? And on that front the issue has got to be bigger than a fight over textbooks and the press knows this.