world war ii

Memories and Television Still Fuel Chinese Hatred For Japan

There is another reason, however, that Chinese people almost seem to automatically express their hate for the Japanese when the subject is broached. State controlled television in China has for many years now been showing programs that constantly remind the Chinese of the horrors perpetrated upon them by the Japanese. According to some of my Chinese friends, the television channels in China are full of programs and movies that allow the Chinese to at least partly relive the Japanese incursion into China.

Unreported But Not Unrepentant

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An article from Angry Chinese Blogger about a little known ceremony that takes place once a year to remember those that suffered and died to build Japan's largest man-made lake.

Built largely by Korean slaves and Chinese POWs during the 1940s, the lake now offers Japan's young and old alike a place and time to reflect on a dark spot in their history.

How To Spot A Jap

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These scans of a US pocketbook guide to China are designed to teach American soldiers stationed in China during World War II how to identify the enemy from their "oriental allies". The overt racism, when taken in context, makes the whole thing quite humorous.