i think the older generation r more or less like tt..like wad u mentioned. :sweat:
as for the younger generation, they dun really care, do they? except some, but shld we let history affect our future???? :beaten:
My exGF's parents, when she told them that she was dating a Japanese guy, her mom immediated gave her crap about what the Japanese did during World War II.
atata wrote:i think the older generation r more or less like tt..like wad u mentioned. :sweat:
as for the younger generation, they dun really care, do they? except some, but shld we let history affect our future???? :beaten:
My exGF's parents, when she told them that she was dating a Japanese guy, her mom immediated gave her crap about what the Japanese did during World War II.
wad if the guy is nt a japanese? :bleh:
We discussed this in the marriage thread:
http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.1704.htm
-PCM
pcmodem wrote:One thing I noticed, like BMW noticed, even the Chinese here in the USA of the older generations, they still have a serious anti-Japan sentiment.
The hypocrital thing about that is (at least with my folks and grandparents) is that one of the things that drove them out of China was not the Japanese, but the Communists. Chinese Communists.
So why they blame the Japanese is beyond me. :shakehead:
bmwracer wrote:
The hypocrital thing about that is (at least with my folks and grandparents) is that one of the things that drove them out of China was not the Japanese, but the Communists. Chinese Communists.
So why they blame the Japanese is beyond me. :shakehead:
Did you ever see "Farewell My Concubine"?
Leslie Cheung was my favorite HK actor. But anyway, yeah, the movie touches on that subject, the division of China over the years.
On an random note, I know a retired Catholic priest that fled China during the Cultural Revolution. He was a young attorney, the Catholic Church helped him escape.
-PCM
Has anyone considered the idea that this might be a case of the tail wagging the dog?
China and Japan are in a dispute over drilling rights.
Not a sexy topic. Not something the average Joe would get really worked up about.
But some would say (okay, I would say) that the Chinese government would want to stir up anti Japanese sentiment among the rank and file.
Granted, the Japanese handed them the issue by white washing their history books.
But think about it. How does what's printed in Japanese grammar school text books, become a major issue in China... without someone high up in China pushing it?
Having it seem like you've got a billion or so angry people behind you, all of them ready to do violence, would seem, to some, to be a pretty good bargaining tool to bring to the table.
The major issue here isn't the text books, or apologies. It's drilling rights.
Geezer wrote:Has anyone considered the idea that this might be a case of the tail wagging the dog?
China and Japan are in a dispute over drilling rights.
Not a sexy topic. Not something the average Joe would get really worked up about.
But some would say (okay, I would say) that the Chinese government would want to stir up anti Japanese sentiment among the rank and file.
Granted, the Japanese handed them the issue by white washing their history books.
But think about it. How does what's printed in Japanese grammar school text books, become a major issue in China... without someone high up in China pushing it?
Having it seem like you've got a billion or so angry people behind you, all of them ready to do violence, would seem, to some, to be a pretty good bargaining tool to bring to the table.
The major issue here isn't the text books, or apologies. It's drilling rights.
Has anyone considered the idea that this might be a case of the tail wagging the dog?
China and Japan are in a dispute over drilling rights.
Not a sexy topic. Not something the average Joe would get really worked up about.
But some would say (okay, I would say) that the Chinese government would want to stir up anti Japanese sentiment among the rank and file.
Granted, the Japanese handed them the issue by white washing their history books.
But think about it. How does what's printed in Japanese grammar school text books, become a major issue in China... without someone high up in China pushing it?
Having it seem like you've got a billion or so angry people behind you, all of them ready to do violence, would seem, to some, to be a pretty good bargaining tool to bring to the table.
The major issue here isn't the text books, or apologies. It's drilling rights.
Geezer, u r juz brilliant, i love the way u said everything out clean and neat! :thumbsup: :hug:
tt's why i say why they wan to demand an apology so much, it make no sense and now we all shld noe the 'motive' behind.. :hehe: