Anti-Japanese sentiment in Asia

[Jay Park]

and the fucking railway is nationalized with any attemp to privatize it met with stern oppossition, which in my eyes makes them a big player

 

[Jay Park]

Japan and South Korea are both supposedly democracies in the "western mould", but both still maintain a gloss of authoritarianism. North Korea...well, that's another thing entirely...



Bit of a sweeping statement, don't you think? Given Korea's geo-strategic importance throughout the second half of the 19th and all of the 20th century, they haven't really had much choice but to be "promiscuous" in terms of alliances.

Not entirely, and with being a bit sweeping myself, the 'Koreas' north and south share an authoritarian tradition and connected to that there's also the experience of Japanese colonialism.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/w...er-convicted-of-revolutionary-activities.html

 

[Jay Park]

hoping we might resuscitate this thread in time for the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in the Asia-Pacific......

National holiday's in both S Korea and China......

former Japanese PM visited South Korea last month and went to great length to offer a sincere and honest apology for the actions of imperial Japan.

 

[Jay Park]

Ex-Japanese PM visits Seoul, kneels at memorial monument – The Korea Times

 

[phildwyer]

hoping we might resuscitate this thread in time for the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in the Asia-Pacific......

National holiday's in both S Korea and China......

I was in both countries recently, and China especially is practically shutting down for the anniversary. I heard lots of anti-Japanese sentiment, generally in the form of earnest warnings that Westerners were too trusting towards them these days.

 

[phildwyer]

Closest alley geologically?

That's what I call a classic.

 

[Jay Park]

Been Dwyer'd

Knock it on the head