This article does a fine job of doing what it does, but that isn't much in my unqualified opinion. It mentions barely either what the April 12, 2005 New York Times called "violent anti-Japan protests in China" or the millions of Chinese slaughtered by Japanese Imperial Army during the occupation of China and the 1948 Tokyo war crimes tribunal that found members of the army guilty for the deaths 155,000 women and children (which is still very present in the minds of many Chinese). I really wanted to hear this quote by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, "Only a country that respects history, takes responsibility for past history and wins over the trust of the people in Asia and the world at large can take greater responsibility in the international community." I also feel like the real story is totally side-stepped: that even through the hate that Chinese people may feel for Japan, they are still willing to make life and make money; As of fiscal 2004, China is Japan's biggest trading partner with nearly $180 billion in trade. This exchange cuts both ways: Japanese corporations used $9.2 billion in China as foreign direct investment last year. The article only works at the very surface of events, but then again it is 3 minutes and 13 seconds long.
Japan-China Diplomacy Review
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Posted on April 12, 2005 at 07:06 PM
This article does a fine job of doing what it does, but that isn't much in my unqualified opinion. It mentions barely either what the April 12, 2005 New York Times called "violent anti-Japan protests in China" or the millions of Chinese slaughtered by Japanese Imperial Army during the occupation of China and the 1948 Tokyo war crimes tribunal that found members of the army guilty for the deaths 155,000 women and children (which is still very present in the minds of many Chinese). I really wanted to hear this quote by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, "Only a country that respects history, takes responsibility for past history and wins over the trust of the people in Asia and the world at large can take greater responsibility in the international community." I also feel like the real story is totally side-stepped: that even through the hate that Chinese people may feel for Japan, they are still willing to make life and make money; As of fiscal 2004, China is Japan's biggest trading partner with nearly $180 billion in trade. This exchange cuts both ways: Japanese corporations used $9.2 billion in China as foreign direct investment last year. The article only works at the very surface of events, but then again it is 3 minutes and 13 seconds long.