China:Beijing blacks out anti-Japan protests(fear of genie called national outrage)

Asia Times ^ | 04/13/05 | Antoaneta Bezlova

[dfwgator]

I was just going to comment, I wonder how Chinese textbooks cover the Tibet occupation and the running over the student with tanks in 1989?

[dfwgator]

What about atrocities by Chinese soldiers during the Korean War. Do their textbooks cover that? (sound of crickets chirping)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #22

To them, it was just a heroic rescue mission.:-) Still, I have to say that N. Koreans did most of atrocities during Korean War, not Chinese.

[Paul_Denton]

Chinese regime stoked the fire of national outrage. Now it is suddenly concerned that the the outrage will boil over ans spill into a different target, that is, itself.

Exactly. Looks like they bit off more than they can chew.

[Paul_Denton]

Sodden thought - could this be setting the stage for a coup d'etat, wherein the PLA assume full control of the Politburo and the Council of Peoples' Deputies? Military rule of Beijing would be a sure sign of worse things yet to come.

Good question. I just hope we are prepared for it.

[Paul_Denton]

Not only that, what about Chinese atrocities against their own people? China gives a new meaning to hypocritical.

[real_dd]

"But Tokyo says private companies, not the government, were responsible for the texts, and that it is up to individual school districts to decide which books they use."

"In Japan we ensure freedom of speech and publication. So if draft textbooks submitted by publishing companies to the ministry of education fulfill certain criteria, they are allowed to be published."

also see: list of Japanese Apologies below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan