Sola Aoi made a well-meaning effort to calm nationalist anger over some disputed islands, but it didn't work so well.

As tensions over what the Chinese call the Diaoyu Islands and the Japanese call the Senkaku Islands gather like a storm cloud, Sora Aoi, also known as Sola Aoi, has extended an olive branch across the turbulent waters. Ms. Aoi is, according to Wikipedia, "JapaneseAV idol, nude model, and media personality."

Ms. Aoi recently tweeted two images via iPhone from her account (@苍井空)on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter, where she has over 13 million followers. The first reads "Japanese-Chinese Friendship," with Ms. Aoi commenting in broken Chinese, "I hope there are good relations between we common people...I am [living in] the same world as you. Sad..." The second reads "Chinese-Japanese People's Friendship."

As of this writing, the images have been collectively retweeted over 120,000 times and received over 130,000 comments, with these numbers seemingly growing every few seconds. Her name is the top trending topic on Sina Weibo as well by far, with twice as many mentions as the actual name "Diaoyu Islands."

Chinese netizens have reacted with great anger to the recent spat, which only escalated after word got out that Beijing had deployed patrol ships toward the Diaoyu/Senkaku after Japan nationalized the islands. Recently, when a Chinese netizen tweeted a relatively moderate info graphic about the history of the islands, he was subjected to widespread criticism. Another popular image making the current Weibo rounds shows a car engulfed in flames; apparently, a Shanghai car owner set his own Japanese-made car on fire in protest of Japanese actions.