Here are some tidbits of perspectives from Americans living in China today. This should expose many of the hocus pocus bogus experts that exist in SI.
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"It is the arrogance of the modern Japanese which glosses over the events of the 1930's and 1940's which is so appalling. The Chinese have still millions of citizens alive who were brutalized by the Japanese and the Japanese refuse to acknowledge such.
The Chinese are building a modern, effecient military, and Japan would be wise to ask forgiveness for their barbaric behavior of the past.
The fallable history books are written by man, whereas memories of actual events linger with an entire generation."
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"I have been reading with much interest the stories of the protests and rampage the Chinese have demonstrated towards the Japanese. On many occasions in China I have been asked by Chinese people what is my opinion of the Japanese. I wisely say I have a low opinion of Japanese, and not only to apease my sloicitor. For anyone considering on formulating an informed opinion, one must only read the history or speak to some of the WWII generation in northern China. Vist area 731 in Harbin China or read Iris Chang's book, "The rape of Nanking". My wife's grandmother lived in Manchuria through the Japanese occupation in the 1930's and to this day she has not the courage to speak of the atrocities. I have seen first hand the hatred the Chinese have for the Japanese. I think the Chinese have opened pandoras box and the rampage will continue."
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"Today was an interesting day in Hangzhou.
First they had a protest against Japan. Had about 3,000+
protesters. There was a large police presence today. Lots of cars and vans filled with police.
We went to the Hangzhou Tea Expo. We were walking around looking and tasting the different kinds of tea when I noticed the television camera. They started filming me tasting tea and looking at the different packages. Then the newspaper photographer joined in.
Following us from booth to booth. We sat down at one booth and the photographer was posing different kinds of tea in front of me and had me hold my glass so that he could see the tea. Someone tried to sit at the table and he had them get away because they were blocking his pictures. After about an hour of visiting and pictures, the television camera came back and they wanted to interview me about the tea.
I must have looked like a tea expert, or maybe it was because I am caucasian..."
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"Plain and simple, the Japanese as a nation and as a people are arrongant. I have a friend who works at the palace of Prince Abdullah in Saudi Arabia. This man is a PHD and world traveler. He has told me the Japanese come to the palace as invited guests of Price Abdullah and perform such rude and arrogant acts that the Saudis wish to bury them on the spot.
The issue at stake with the protests in Beijing, Shanghai, etc. is deeper than just the seat on the security council. It is the nation of China, the individual Chinese whose grandmother was raped by a Japanese soldier or whose great uncle was tortured, or used as a human guinea pig for germ warfare experiments. It is proud Chinese finally having the
same fortitude the blacks had in America in the 60's and say we deserve respect and we deserve be be acknowledged. Saving face is everything to a Chinese, and after decades of denial I think the Japanese must admit past sins, which they seem too arrogant to admit." |
