5th November 2010, 7:34 PM
If you don't know that Korea, China, and Japan all dislike eachother, you pay very little attention to East Asian foreign policy. And by "very little" I mean "like pretty much none".
I mean, the last century's history in the region has been defined by those facts... the Japanese empire in Korea and China, the Chinese opinion that they're the most important country in the world (so they're angry at Japan for challenging them, as they have over the past century), etc, etc...
I mean, people in Japan who moved there from Korea 60 years ago are still considered second class citizens, socially; they're Korean, not Japanese, and always will be that. But it's not like the Koreans or Chinese are any less racist either. I wouldn't expect everyone to know all those details, but that the three countries don't exactly get along well? Yes, that I would expect people to know.
I mean, Japan and China have been arguing again, these last few months...
I mean, the last century's history in the region has been defined by those facts... the Japanese empire in Korea and China, the Chinese opinion that they're the most important country in the world (so they're angry at Japan for challenging them, as they have over the past century), etc, etc...
I mean, people in Japan who moved there from Korea 60 years ago are still considered second class citizens, socially; they're Korean, not Japanese, and always will be that. But it's not like the Koreans or Chinese are any less racist either. I wouldn't expect everyone to know all those details, but that the three countries don't exactly get along well? Yes, that I would expect people to know.
I mean, Japan and China have been arguing again, these last few months...
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