中国の反日デモ

Japan does not deserve international respect since it has never faced up to the atrocities it committed in the past. Nobody in China is claiming the Chinese government is 100% clean and guilt free for what it did to its own people. But it has acknowledged its past mistakes and taken millions of Chinese out of poverty, which conservatives in the US do not want to give them credit for.
Paul, Shanghai, China


The real battles will be over territorial rights for energy and fishing

John, Toyama, Japan
This is hardly about textbooks. These two countries are trying to stake out their positions now before China becomes the dominant economical force it's destined to be. The real battles will be over territorial rights for energy and fishing.
John, Toyama, Japan


The real reason that China is upset now is that Japan is rallying for a seat on the UN Security Council. China is afraid of losing its power. Besides, the Chinese Communists killed more of its own people in the history anyway. I'm wondering why nobody says anything about that now.
Michael M, Canada


Everyone knows China has a lot of problems, but it's irrelevant to this issue. Why does South Korea - a democratic country, protest against Japan too? Whitewashing history is a manifestation of Japan's long term ambitions.
Lee Guo, USA


It is very obvious that tolerating demonstrations in China is a product of political manipulation. You can always ask someone to repeat their apologies, but you will never be able to make friends out of retaliation.
Alex Lin, Taipei, Taiwan


History books consist of facts and that's why we find those books in the non-fiction section of the library. Japan's decision to revise history in their favour should compel them to categorize their history text books as fictional history.
MW, New York, USA


Every school in Japan is required to teach kids about the war. They call this "peace study" so that the future generation will never repeat the same mistake the old Japan made 60 years ago. It's very sad to know how little Chinese people see Japan's effort. It seems to me that China attacks Japan when they have problems within their own country.
Ai Sasaki, San Francisco, USA


China and Korea are afraid that Japan has begun to speak out as an ordinary country

Akira, Tokyo, Japan
The anti-Japan movement in China and Korea is absolutely misplaced! Japan continues to make more than enough formal apologies, financial aids, compensation, etc. China and Korea are afraid that Japan has begun to speak out as an ordinary country.
Akira, Tokyo, Japan


The textbook issue is only the trigger of the whole thing. What the Chinese people are actually angry about is the fact that in the last 60 years the Japanese government has never faced what they did.
SZ, China