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Do you know of any examples where the English version of a wikipedia article has a more "Western" explaination whereas the Japanese version has a more "Eastern"
by TchoBeer 5y ago
Do you know of any examples where the English version of a wikipedia article has a more "Western" explaination whereas the Japanese version has a more "Eastern" one?
- zaik 5y agoWell, the second paragraph of the Nankin massacre article is relativizing, saying things like 'there are a lot of contradictions' and that 'the truth of the incident is still unkown'. > 中国側は南京大虐殺や南京大屠殺と呼称しているが、事件の真相はいまだ不明であり、捕虜、敗残兵ないし便衣兵を殺害したのか婦女子も含むのか、どの程度の規模か、などの点で食い違いが多く、事件の規模、戦時国際法違反か否かの論争、犠牲者数をめぐる論争が存在している。日本の学界ではこれをめぐって賛否が分かれており、犠牲者の推定値は20万人、4万人、2万人などいくつかあるが、「宣伝目的ででっち上げられた」と主張する国粋主義や学者もいる。
- TchoBeer 5y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding, but this is clearly less about cultural differences as much as it is about official party ideology.