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2005-03-09 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-09 8:56:05 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There is a lot of cultural deep down resentment, sort of on the level you saw in the Balkans. Korea has been the Belgium of NE Asia stuck between China and Japan for centuries with repeated invasions from the island kingdom. Old say goes something like, When whales fight, shrimps' backs are broken. The treatment of the Koreans during the last occupation was pretty much a cultural genocide intended to Nipponize the land and the people. Those who resisted were killed or driven to exile.
The young generation of S.Korea, like the mind dead university crowds in the US who eat up anti-US indoctrination, keep blaming the US for the division of Korea, failing to acknowledge that by Nov 1951, the US and the UN had pretty much reunited the country only to have about a quarter of a million Chinese intervene. So what else is new?

Posted by Thrainter Cliling3962 2005-03-09 9:45:20 AM|| 2005-03-09 9:45:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect this is like the Irish and the Brits. Lots of squabbles in public but close in many important respects.

Posted by phil_b 2005-03-09 9:58:15 AM|| 2005-03-09 9:58:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 If South Korea survives they'll end up with nukes after the messy unification. They should cool their heals with the anti-Japanese crap until then.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-03-09 10:15:58 AM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-03-09 10:15:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The Japanese haven't really made any friends on the mainland over the last few centuries. I seem to recall the common chinese reference to the Japanese meaning something like "offshore pirates"...

Posted by mojo 2005-03-09 11:36:33 AM|| 2005-03-09 11:36:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Wako" pirates - group of marauders, originally largely Japanese who from the 13th century raided China and Korea.

Posted by Thrainter Cliling3962 2005-03-09 11:45:32 AM|| 2005-03-09 11:45:32 AM|| Front Page Top

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