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In reply to the discussion: A-bombs taught U.S. how to justify attacks abroad [View all]Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)She came home crying saying her history teacher said horrible things about Japan and the things Japan did in China.
I proceeded to show her all my historical primary sources about the war (since I was in the Honors Program at the Uni. of Arizona was doing my "Senior Thesis" on the Rape of Nanking). Then I showed her Frank Capra's "Battle of China" from the Why We Fight series.
She couldn't believe, told me they were lies and that no one in Japan could ever do that. I told her all my sources came from Japanese newspapers.
Japan doesn't teach what they did in China. Remember, they tried to edit out 90 seconds of The Last Emperor because it mentioned how Japan laced chocolates with opium and fed them to children in Manchuria and the Rape of Nanking.
Sadly, China has a massive score to settle with Japan. That's how the Chinese see it. My wife is a Chinese national (Han Chinese from outside Nanjing). China is itching for a fight with Japan.