Angry sentiments are being expressed from the Chinese to the Japanese, especially among the youth and supposedly having to do with the atrocious activities of the Japanese soldiers in the Second World War. Japan’s version of the Second World War as outlined in one of its school history books apparently is too soft a retelling and a whitewash of some of its more diabolical war-time deeds.
The Chinese government, conveniently overlooking its own soldiers’ ruthlessness in Tiananmen Square and its generally miserable human rights record involving the imprisoning of people for their political views, is allowing the heat between these two countries to rise ominously and we here in Vancouver are getting a taste of this action. The Japanese Consulate in Vancouver is trading barbs with former city councillor and writer for the Chinese press, Tung Chan.
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