The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动(@TGTM_Official):As usual, Weibo is flooded with the same gloating over the Kumamoto earthquake — “deserved,” “karma,” open celebration of Japanese suffering. What these accounts never grasp is the simplest law of nature: What you throw out often comes back harder. The “karma” they so eagerly wish upon their neighbour often circle back as a boomerang. Controversial question: When the next major disaster hits China, will these same people still call it “karma” — or will they suddenly demand the world show them the mercy they currently refuse to show anyone else? Chinese netizens keep wishing ill on Japan. Those wishes have a habit of returning.

The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动@TGTM_Official

2026.07.29 03:29

As usual, Weibo is flooded with the same gloating over the Kumamoto earthquake — “deserved,” “karma,” open celebration of Japanese suffering. What these accounts never grasp is the simplest law of nature: What you throw out often comes back harder. The “karma” they so eagerly wish upon their neighbour often circle back as a boomerang. Controversial question: When the next major disaster hits China, will these same people still call it “karma” — or will they suddenly demand the world show them the mercy they currently refuse to show anyone else? Chinese netizens keep wishing ill on Japan. Those wishes have a habit of returning.