Sneaky diplomatic ploy of Japan backfires in UK

Ten thousand pounds per month - that's the money the Japanese embassy in London has been paying to a British think tank to hype up China threat and propagate against China-UK relations, according to a Sunday Times report.

If true, the act of the Japanese embassy, as an official representative of the country, is both surprising and despicable.

The report says the embassy has hired the Henry Jackson Society, a right-wing think tank, to encourage high-level British politicians and journalists to "voice opposition to Chinese foreign policy".