2 hours ago · China
Student sent back to China over Japanese rising sun flag incident in Russia
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 20 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Student sent back to China over Japanese rising sun flag incident in Russia”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A Chinese student who draped himself in the Japanese rising sun flag in a Russian university classroom has been expelled and asked to leave the country, according to state-run newspaper Global Times. The flag was used by the Japanese military during its imperial expansion and is still used by Japan’s…
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Student sent back to China over Japanese rising sun flag incident in Russia
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