Monday, May 16, 2005
Tienanman Square Massacre and the Rape of Nanking
When I was young, I tried to avoid buying Japanese goods. It was because history told us that the Japanes invaded China and killed hundred thousands of our countrymen. I bought the German cameras even they were more expensive than the famous Japanese brands, though we could not avoid buying the Japanese rice cooker. When I first fought my first car, I prefer the American than the Japanese. However, reality tells me that the Japanese cars are better than the American, and the Japanese cameras and microcropes are much cheaper than the German. As a result I have to bow down for the sake of saving money. However I till set the "rules" that unless the Japanese sets up manufacturing factories in Canada, I would not buy Japanese cars. As a result, I am driving Honda and Toyota. This is my 'Mr. Q's spirit". The recent anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese is understandable. However I am not sure whether it makes any sense ( except it is an excuse by the Chinese government to promote her own cause). One of the reasons is that the Japanese Education Department is not telling the truth about her invasion of China, and the cruelty she did to the Chinese during the Sino-Japanese Wars. I can appreciate the feeling of all the Chinese because this issue touches our hearts and souls dearly. Some Chinee Overseas Associations asked people to boycott Japanese goods. However did the Communist Party or government tell the truth about the Tienanman Square Massacre to the Chinese? Did they never change historical facts about the civil wars in China? With that kind of logic, we should not buy Chinese goods also because the Chinese government lies to the Chinese people. They killed their people and never tell us the truth, and they never apologize.
Personally I still do not trust the Japanese government as well the present Chinese government. However I have no hatre or resentment against individual Japanese or Chinese from mainland China. I just find it diffucult to understand why we boycott Japanese goods but not the Chinese.
Personally I still do not trust the Japanese government as well the present Chinese government. However I have no hatre or resentment against individual Japanese or Chinese from mainland China. I just find it diffucult to understand why we boycott Japanese goods but not the Chinese.
