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/p> p> CHINA DOESN'T LOVE JAPAN br> Re: George H. Wittman's Japan: The Rising Sun...Again? : /p>

Excellent article by Mr. Wittman, but I believe he understated the situation a bit when he stated that "China...still carries a vivid memory of its suffering under the Japanese assault and occupation during the 1930s-40s." I currently teach English in China. The level of hatred that many Chinese have towards the Japanese is unbelievable. Even while riding the public bus, I see flat-screen TVs play nationalistic cartoons depicting horrible caricatures of the Japanese and their past atrocities. Surprisingly, it is the younger generation who are often the most hateful. I have heard that if a Chinese boy sleeps with a Japanese girl, he will be very rough and hurtful with her in order to "pay the Japanese back." Beijing seems to rely heavily on its propaganda towards Japan as a means to focus the Chinese people's attention elsewhere. I believe that if the average Japanese person could live one day in China, he or she would immediately support the development of the Japanese military.

p>Keep up the good work, br> -- B. Smith /p> p> At this moment in America's history China may be an economic partner but is also a military threat to us and the rest of Asia. The only way the U.S. can control China's expansion plans and keep North Korea intact is to urge Japan to increase military options. Japan may be behind China militarily but the Chinese leaders remember what happened to them the last time they fought and will be very careful not to move swiftly themselves and not to let North Korea involve them in a fight they don't want to happen. br> -- Dan Mittelman

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