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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
One more thing: The Rape of Nanking is important to understand not just because it is a major historical event of WWII, but because it has a bearing our current world politics. While the details of this event may not be well-known or understood in the west, you can rest assured that all Chinese and Koreans know about it and most still hate the Japanese for it. It is a strong undercurrent to Asian politics.
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I'm shocked at your use of the word hate. It's not nearly strong enough.
I never let on that I speak Japanese and/or that I'm a Japanophile in the presence of Asians of other nationalities if I can help it.