I just realized one interesting fact that may cause the conflicts on the topics of sino-japan war. That is the generation gap.
let's see.
During sino Japan war,
on the Japanese side:
most of japanese in china are soldiers, so they are all 18+ at that period. so most of them would be in their 90s, only a small portion of people can live that long. to the current Japanese youth generations, it's about the age of their great grandfather, which means they are very unlikely to be affected by the generations involved in sino-Japan war. that's why they tend to think, 60 yrs has been passed, why care so much.(also explained why some of the right-wing movement met less and less resistance from society as time pass).. while most of them may mention the tokyo bombing and nuclear bomb
on the chinese side:
on the chinese side, both adults and kids are influenced by the war, and the fear(and only fear, since they're young) of brutal Japanese has been with them in their early years. and they will be in their 60s, about the age of grandfather for the youth, so their influence is much greater on the youth... and of course. they want to remember the painful history..
that's the difference between invade and been invaded..just like the American kids have no idea about the Iraq war, while they may remember the 911, at the same time, the Iraqi kids are affected by the war, and we don't what will have when they grow up...
let's see.
During sino Japan war,
on the Japanese side:
most of japanese in china are soldiers, so they are all 18+ at that period. so most of them would be in their 90s, only a small portion of people can live that long. to the current Japanese youth generations, it's about the age of their great grandfather, which means they are very unlikely to be affected by the generations involved in sino-Japan war. that's why they tend to think, 60 yrs has been passed, why care so much.(also explained why some of the right-wing movement met less and less resistance from society as time pass).. while most of them may mention the tokyo bombing and nuclear bomb
on the chinese side:
on the chinese side, both adults and kids are influenced by the war, and the fear(and only fear, since they're young) of brutal Japanese has been with them in their early years. and they will be in their 60s, about the age of grandfather for the youth, so their influence is much greater on the youth... and of course. they want to remember the painful history..
that's the difference between invade and been invaded..just like the American kids have no idea about the Iraq war, while they may remember the 911, at the same time, the Iraqi kids are affected by the war, and we don't what will have when they grow up...