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靖国神社 -- Almost all Chinese people are familiar with these four characters. It means "Yasukuni Shrine", a shintoist temple in Tokyo, Japan to commemorate the fallen Japanese soldiers.

Every time when Japanese prime minister visits the shrine, the Chinese government will denounce the visit to be a provocation against China, because many soldiers died in Sino-Japanese wars.

Japan always ignores China's denunciations. It is ridiculous that China's anger doesn't hurt the Japanese, but does hurt the Chinese, especially Chinese celebrities, such as actors and singers.

If a Chinese celebrity takes a tour in Tokyo and unintentionally enters the shrine, he/she will be regarded as a "pro-Japanese traitor", and his/her movies or songs will be banned in China.