Reuters says in its report today that China is stepping up its propaganda against Japan in the West. The following is the full text of its report:

China took reporters on Thursday on an unusual trip to a camp which housed Western prisoners of the Japanese in World War Two, a further sign of Beijing broadening efforts to drive a wedge between the West and Japan over its wartime past.

The visit comes as tensions between Asia’s two largest economies rise to a fever pitch, and China works to convince the world of its viewpoint that Japan’s war-era militarism is directly linked to its current military buildup.

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