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To be fair, the Chinese have in fact been treated horribly many times in many places by many other countries including at least the US and Japan.
by cestith 7y ago
To be fair, the Chinese have in fact been treated horribly many times in many places by many other countries including at least the US and Japan.
- hasntotherp 7y agoBut hasn’t other people been treated worst? The country of India, the entire continent of Africa, and how about all the Native Americans? Do we need to hold grudges from our grandparents parents? According to that logic, the world forever would be in a mode of revenge seeking. I always find this argument preposterous as someone ethnically Chinese hearing it from a nationalistic Chinese, 10 years younger, from China full of fervour. What exactly have they experience in life that is so full of hardship? To me, it seems like a convenient excuse to brush away any criticism of their actions. No one can criticise them because of what X and Y did to them 150 years ago. Seems like a cop out to me. I suspect the Chinese government has something to do with this mentality.
- cestith 7y agoOur grandparents' parents? Excuse me, but I think you may be misjudging my age a bit.
- tin7in 7y agoDon't forget the Opium Wars and the Eight-Nation Alliance against China. Almost all powerful states in Europe fought against China in the 19th century. My mainland Chinese friends know those conflicts in detail from their history classes, something that is not taught in much detail in schools in continental Europe.