The following essay is written by Wang Jinsi (ÁéãÈî¶ÊÄù), director of the China War-of-Resistance-against-Japan Historical Society. Wang’s article published on Sichuan News, translated by ESWN:
After the International Herald Leader (ÂõΩÈôÖÂÖàÈ©±ÂغÊä•) published the report entitled “The Chinese Misread the World: The Koreans Don’t Buy Japanese Goods Not For Patriotic Reasons (‰∏≠ÂõΩ‰∫∫ËØØËتÁöщ∏ñÁïåÔºöÈü©ÂõΩ‰∫∫‰∏ç‰π∞Êó•Ë¥ß‰∏éÁà±ÂõΩÊó†ÂÖ≥),” there have been some in-depth discussions that have not yet abated.
I must say that it is regrettable to see that when the Chinese people misread the world, they misread Japan most of all due to the special historical entanglements between China and Japan — the passions are strongest, more information exists and the dissemination is widest. These misreadings begin as deliberate manmade fabrications and are then used to persuade those who do not understand the truth to follow blindly. There are innumerable angry commentators waving their flags and chanting on the Internet. This forms what is known in physics as a magnetic field effect. Sometimes, this is even expressed in extreme forms that damage the construction of a harmonious society and the overall friendship between China and Japan. [Full Text]
