Callous messages following Abe’s death highlight anti-Japanese sentiment in China

In the minutes after former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot this month, there was an outpouring of concern and outrage by leaders from around the world.

In China, however, there was a torrent of messages on the internet of another kind. “I hope the gunman is OK,” declared one. Another popular meme read: “President Kennedy visits Shinzo Abe.”

As tens of millions of Japanese waited for news of Abe’s fate, some in…