I was so angry about this editorial artical on today's Gazzette and I'm going to send them a letter about it.
Whole article:
China's hypocrisy is showing
Talk about a phony war. Thousands of Chinese portesters trash Japanese consulates in a nation that has not lately shown itself to be incompetent in the area of crowd contral. The cause? A history textbook accepted for se by only 18 of the 11,102 juninor high schools in Japan.
There are real feelings and issues involved in this dispute, even if the Chinese manifestations are less than entirely spontaneous.
The Chinese people truly have not forgotten the Japanese occupations of the 1930s and 1940s- incursions accompanied by high casualty totals and widespread brutality.
The textbook at issue whitewashes these episodes and revives the old explanation of Japan's aggressive behaviour as a response to Western colonialism and a consequence of the country's lack of natural resources. It is viewed with embarrassement by most Japanese, and has been repudiated by the leading teacher's union.
The real reason violence has ben tolerated by the Chinese authorities is Japan's campaign to acquire a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, a change China fiercely opposes. Its stated reasons have to do with Japan's reluctance to own up to its warlike past.
China, among the most repressive societies in the world, is in no position to criticize its neighbour. When we hear Communist Party officials repudiate the forced collectivizations of the 1970s and admit their responsiblilty for the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989,we shall start taking more interest in their views on Japan.
Until then, the productive way to express opposition to Japan's joining the Security Council is through logic and diplomacy. If there good reasons, let them stand the test of debate. Protests such as these are not reasonable. China's hypocrisy is showing
Whole article:
China's hypocrisy is showing
Talk about a phony war. Thousands of Chinese portesters trash Japanese consulates in a nation that has not lately shown itself to be incompetent in the area of crowd contral. The cause? A history textbook accepted for se by only 18 of the 11,102 juninor high schools in Japan.
There are real feelings and issues involved in this dispute, even if the Chinese manifestations are less than entirely spontaneous.
The Chinese people truly have not forgotten the Japanese occupations of the 1930s and 1940s- incursions accompanied by high casualty totals and widespread brutality.
The textbook at issue whitewashes these episodes and revives the old explanation of Japan's aggressive behaviour as a response to Western colonialism and a consequence of the country's lack of natural resources. It is viewed with embarrassement by most Japanese, and has been repudiated by the leading teacher's union.
The real reason violence has ben tolerated by the Chinese authorities is Japan's campaign to acquire a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, a change China fiercely opposes. Its stated reasons have to do with Japan's reluctance to own up to its warlike past.
China, among the most repressive societies in the world, is in no position to criticize its neighbour. When we hear Communist Party officials repudiate the forced collectivizations of the 1970s and admit their responsiblilty for the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989,we shall start taking more interest in their views on Japan.
Until then, the productive way to express opposition to Japan's joining the Security Council is through logic and diplomacy. If there good reasons, let them stand the test of debate. Protests such as these are not reasonable. China's hypocrisy is showing
