The problem here is they think the CCP is just the sole innocent party and the propaganda machine tells everyone that 'the CCP and Mao were our saviors'. They thought 'revolution brings peace' and is the only way to deal with the problems.
Dealing with them is a pain. If there is a conflict over something... ANYTHING... in no time flat it reverts to the same old whine...
No one said there were not some seriously evil things going on in China 100 years ago. However at the same time they have been indoctrinated with an unclear vision of exactly what those things are and how they happened.
China has this habit of excusing itself from all wrong doing.
The only reason the CCP has power at all, or took power in the first place is by this propaganda led, unsophisticated rage that they promote.
The best weapon I think we have is finding a group of historians who can tell all sides of the story, and teach that to the Chinese people. China has to deal squarely with its past if any improvements are to be made.
China never explains what they do. They only explain what everyone else does. If China masses a million troops and starts threatening people, and then America reacts, China leaves out the 'China masses a million troops' part and leaves the people thinking it is only unexplained American agression to be blamed.
It's like a person with a Nazi flag parades in Israel. The girl has no brain.
In the book "Hirohito: The Making of Modern Japan", the author points out that the focus on the Rape of Nanking, and the "comfort women" has overshadowed the experimentation on Chinese citizens. The Japanese used a wide variety of chemical and biological weapons, and many feel the toxins and agents are still in the land and still killing.
Additionally, those who have seriously examined the death toll find that the "hundreds of thousands" is grossly understating the truth. It is highly likly that the actual death tollin China alone runs to the millions, and may rival the death toll of the concentration camps built by the Nazis.
The Chinese know this, and for anyone to wear anything glorifying the Japanese military is beyond foolish.