MiTasol
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So far the Chinese are not minimising their own citizens part in that war, unlike one country we all know.
China starts officially erasing US from ww2 history and upgrading Russian role
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So far the Chinese are not minimising their own citizens part in that war, unlike one country we all know.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Wait, a totalitarian state rewriting history? Quelle surprise.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Interesting - so no mention of Chiang Kai Shek, who was the driving force behind saving China from Japan.
The Soviet Union was of little help once WWII started in earnest, but ok PRC, it's your story, tell it however you want...
The Soviet Union was of little help once WWII started in earnest, but ok PRC, it's your story, tell it however you want...
Unsurprising. They've been minimising Chiang Kai Shek's role for decades of course they'll promote the role of those with similar ideology.
In the late 1990s I met a Chinese student studying here in the U.S. He privately told me that one time he was hiking in a remote part of China and came upon a rural village that had a memorial and grave from WW2. It affected him deeply that these rural people lovingly tended the grave of an American airman came from a country so far away and gave up his life to help them fight the Japanese.
The Japanese occupation was brutal. The AVG Fling Tigers are well remembered.
As with most countries, the general population has a favorable attitude towards the U.S.A. The political types say something different. The Chinese population does not dislike America and even under the harsher Communist rule pre 1980s, America was still a shining city on a hill that they looked up to. , I have spoken with people from many different countries and that attitude prevails.
China has been making movies and TV shows about the war with Japan and they try to instill a notion that the Chinese Nationalists and Communists bravely fought off the dull, stupid Japanese. they even make movies about the Korean war with the U.S. as the bad guys.
I wonder how effective this propaganda is.
The Japanese occupation was brutal. The AVG Fling Tigers are well remembered.
As with most countries, the general population has a favorable attitude towards the U.S.A. The political types say something different. The Chinese population does not dislike America and even under the harsher Communist rule pre 1980s, America was still a shining city on a hill that they looked up to. , I have spoken with people from many different countries and that attitude prevails.
China has been making movies and TV shows about the war with Japan and they try to instill a notion that the Chinese Nationalists and Communists bravely fought off the dull, stupid Japanese. they even make movies about the Korean war with the U.S. as the bad guys.
I wonder how effective this propaganda is.
China without the help of the USA and Great Britain would have lost many millions more Chinese to the Japanese. The USSR was ZERO help to the Chinese. Stalin had all he could do with our Lend Lease aid to deal with the Germans. Stalin could care less about China.
Even today Russia and China argue about the border between them. Every once and a while they briefly fight. Rarely does it make news. A few Russians and Chinese die and things again get quiet. Both nations are imperialistic and want to expand their borders even between them.
Even today Russia and China argue about the border between them. Every once and a while they briefly fight. Rarely does it make news. A few Russians and Chinese die and things again get quiet. Both nations are imperialistic and want to expand their borders even between them.
