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Originally Posted by lml99
Geez.......why is it that not even the current generation can get past conflicts from over 6 decades ago? I thought young people in China were progressive! I mean, Israel and Germany don't have any problems now, and the U.S. and Russia aren't nearly as bad as this..........
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I suggest watching this now six-year-old documentary by the PBS news program FRONTLINE:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ro...and_china.html
This program was produced after the controversy over the introduction of new history textbooks in Japan in 2005. The level of tension today is substantially worse, largely abetted and exacerbated by political forces in both countries.
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/...sland-dispute/
The recent discussion about the Senkakus in the News Stories thread begins around here if you're interested:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=4315546