History repeating itself

When 14 Chinese landed in Diaoyutai, a Chinese island, they
were arrested by the Japanese coast guards. And Japan
retaliated by allowing 14 Japanese to land at the island to plant the Japanese
flags. And China
is as helpless as before, like in the19th and early 20th centuries
when Japan
violated China
proper. And what could China
do? The old China
govt protested vehemently. So did the old