From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.korean,soc.culture.asian.american,soc.culture.asean
Subject: Re: An open letter to Emperor Akihito of Japan
Date: 19 Aug 92 10:01:07 GMT
Organization: Miners for a Heart of Gold

In article <1992Aug18.214559.1227@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> lor@cbnewsk.cb.att.com
(edward.lor) writes:
>...
>It is time to let our voice be heard, otherwise our silence will
>be interpreted as consent to Japan's irresponsible attitude
>toward the crime she did to our country during the Sino-Japanese War.

Our country?  Like hell it is.  My country is the United States of America. 

I urge Asian-Americans to ignore this hypocritical and totally
fecal appeal to your sensibilities.  It is a strange day when a Chinese
condemns so vocally what Japan did during WWII.

Yes.  Japan did pillage and plunder Korea and China.  But what Japan
did pales in comparison to what the Chinese have down.

Allow me to refresh your memories.  From 1900 to 1949, the Chinese
upper class raped China via Chiang Kai-Shek and his cronies.  During
the 1st 50 years of this century, at least 1 million Chinese died
prematurely, _each_ year, of famine, disease, and infanticide.

In 1960-1961, 20 million Chinese died of artifically induced famines,
produced by other Chinese.  Add to that number the untold millions
murdered by Chinese during the Cultural Revolution.

Let's not forget that around 1949, the Nationalist Chinese under
Chiang-Kai Shek submachine gunned 30,000 Taiwanese to subjugate
the Republic of Taiwan under Chinese rule.  None of the Taiwanese
victims--the surviving ones--nor their families have ever received
a penny in compensation from the Chinese gov't, which happens to
have the honor of placing upon Taiwan "a 37-year martial law order,
the _longest_ such period in modern history." [clari.news.issues.civil.rights]

Let's not forget the millions murdered by the Chinese in subjugating
Tibet.

In other words, the Chinese _killed_ a grand total of at least

                  100 million victims

in the 20th century alone.

I have yet to see Chinese people apologize for the history of their
"glorious" society.  What sheer hypocrisy for the Chinese to be
demanding an apology from the Japanese.

>
>       Your Majesty:
>
>            As you contemplate the first visit by a Japanese Emperor to
>       China, we sincerely hope that you would keep in mind the
>       historical perspective of the Sino-Japanese relationship.
>
>            Japan's unprovoked invasion of China claimed as many as 15
>       million lives and caused irreparable suffering to many millions
>       more.  In the Rape of Nanking alone, three hundred thousand
>       Chinese were tortured and mass executed by the Japanese Army, in
>       addition to rampant raping, looting, and burning of the city.
>       Yet, Japan has never expressed remorse, let alone apologized to
>       China, for the crimes and atrocities she committed.
>

I agree that Japan did a lot crap in Asia during WWII.  I also
agree that the gov't of Japan is outright distorting the true history
of WWII in the "history" books used in the public schools.  It is
_wrong_ of the Japanese to do so.

However, what the Japanese did pales in comparison to what the Chinese
did and are still doing.  The 20th century isn't over, and the Chinese
have killed at least 100 million victims, _FAR_ exceeding what the
Japanese did.

The Chinese have still subjugated at least 2 nations and have yet
to release them:  Tibet and Taiwan.

>...
>         1.  formally apologize to China for the war crimes committed by
>             Japan, including the establishment of wartime-brothels,

When will the Chinese apologize for what they did?  When?

The blood of the 100 million victims--millions of whom are infants strangled
by their parents--killed by the Chinese cry out for justice.

>
>         2.  begin a thorough review of Japan's school textbooks to
>             ensure that the coverage of the Sino-Japanese war is
>             presented in a truthful way,
>
>         3.  visit the site of the Rape of Nanking and pay respect to
>             the victims, and
>
>         4.  discuss appropriate compensation for Japan's war crimes in
>             China.
>
>            We sincerely urge Your Majesty to lead your country to
>       examine, acknowledge, and compensate for Japan's war crimes.

Japan compensated S. Korea in the early 1960s.  Japan offered
compensation to China, which refused it.

But the Chinese have yet to offer any compensation for what they've done.

>       This not only will help repair the broken friendship between
>       Japan and her neighbors, but also will serve as a reminder to the
>       Japanese people and potential aggressors in this world of the
>       horrors of war.

That's right.

The permanent members of the security council are currently
France, Russia, England, USA, & China.  I see something amiss.
China should be kicked out immediately.  We should not tolerate
agressors like the Chinese.

If China dares to commit aggression against the Republic of Taiwan
when it announces its independence, then the USA, Japan, and S. Korea
should unleash at least the same military might that was unleashed
against Japan for starting the war in the Pacific almost half a
century ago.  Agression, including Chinese military agression, must 
be stopped.

> Unless these positive actions are taken to show
>       Japan's sincere remorse for the inhumane suffering inflicted upon
>       her neighbors during the invasions, and to demonstrate a genuine
>       commitment to prevent future aggression, Japan will never be
>       truly regarded as a respectable power by nations around the
>       world.

Unless the Chinese acknowledge what they've done, China and
predominantly Chinese nations should be treated as pariahs.

P.S.

Have a nice day.

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