On the 6th, a post reporting an impressive scene seen in Japan on China's SNS Xiaohongshu (RED) generated a strong reaction.

The poster titled it, 'I don't know if Japan is safe,' and wrote, 'It's almost half a month since I came to Japan. I'm often moved by the little things in daily life,' and uploaded one photo. The photo showed several boys, seemingly in lower elementary school, sitting on bicycles and waiting at a traffic light to cross the road.

The poster wrote, 'I am a post-00s (born after 2000), and as far as I remember, I was always picked up and dropped off by someone from kindergarten to high school. Until I became a junior high school student, I wasn't allowed to play outside the housing complex. Today, seeing this scene (in the photo) made me a little confused. Several children, about first or second graders, were riding bicycles together on a main road, and there were no adults around. I don't know where they came from or where they were going, but I suddenly felt a deep sense of emotion.'

In response to this post, Chinese netizens commented, 'Sucking up to Japan is outdated,' 'Yeah, yeah, so Chinese people should reflect on themselves, right?' 'There are many Japan-lovers in China who desperately try to disparage China. How interesting,' 'The praise for Japan is too obvious,' 'How much did you get from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?' 'You have to desperately find good things about Japan to justify your own choices, don't you?' 'You're just deliberately looking for seemingly good things (in Japan), finding them, and then moving yourself,' 'An emotion forcefully created to make Chinese people reflect,' and 'You're moved so much every day, do you have enough tears?' and other criticisms and ridicule came one after another.

Also, there were comments such as, 'China is probably the same. What's there to be moved by?' 'Even domestically, children ride bicycles by themselves to play,' 'I was born in the 90s, and I was only picked up and dropped off in first grade; from second grade onwards, I commuted to and from school by myself,' 'Is there a problem with your family?' and other remarks, as well as 'In Japan, kidnappings are actually frequent. They are just called 'kamikakushi' (spirited away) and attributed to unknown causes,' and 'Don't make me laugh. What are you talking about when Japan has so many kidnapping and confinement incidents? Look up how many heinous crimes have occurred in Japan since 2000.'

On the other hand, a few comments were also posted, such as 'There's no need to engage with the comment section,' 'Japanese children are indeed independent,' and 'In China right now, praising other countries leads to 100% backlash.' (Translation/Editing: Kitada)