In my previous posting, I talked about Anti-Japanese War Victory Day held in China earlier this month. Coincidentally Mr. Kent Gilbert, the U.S attorney and celebrity in Japan, was also giving his comment on the issue in his Facebook.
He is an American. And if you are Westerner, you'll have the same point of view as the one he does.
Mr. Gilbert is very fluent in Japanese language and has lived in Japan for more than 30 years. So he can collect more accurate information in Japanese language than those who can speak only English.
It's always interesting to hear his opinion. And this time, he gave his opinion on China, South Korea, and Japanese people. He is talking about "the view of good" again.
I copied and pasted his posting below. You'll see how different East Asian people are to one another.
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https://www.facebook.com/kent.gilbert.5/posts/892287524195442:0
World Realizes: PRC Not Bashful about Telling Lies
On the 3rd of this month, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) held an event under the name “70-Year Celebration of the Victory in the War Against Japan and Fascism.” The title ignores history, and the whole world realized that the PRC is a country not bashful about shamelessly telling lies.
However, this was a warning issued intentionally, a loyalty test.
I recall the children’s song “The Other Day I Met a Bear.” In the Japanese lyrics, after the bear warns “run away!” it picks up some seashell earrings, and then chases the young maiden to give her back her lost earrings. In an almost shocking expression of the Japanese penchant for believing in the fundamental good nature of all men (or bears), the song has been transformed into a song of peace.
However, in the original U.S. version, the bear says, “Why don't you run? I see you ain't got any gun.” It is intended as a song about a bear that checks whether the human has a gun and then has fun chasing that person around.
Leaders of European countries which had expressed interest in the AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) were also invited to this event, but they realized the danger from the bear, and beat a hasty retreat. They refused to take the loyalty test to “become comrades with a prevaricator.”
In contrast, the young maiden from Korea, with some misgiving, took the test and cozied up to two bears. As a result, she threw down the drain not only the truth about history, but the good will she had with the free world. It remains to be seen how the U.S. will react.
Incidentally, it was wonderful that the Secretary of the United Nations also attended this event. It should help to break down the Japanese faith in the United Nations.
Personally, I think both the U.S. and Japan should withdraw from the U.N. and work toward creation of a new international organization. This would be the proper “postwar regime.”
Many people were shocked by the lies of Xi Jinping and other PRC leaders, but the PRC holds the view that “Those who believe lies are more at fault than the liars.” Telling unabashed lies is not shameful, but rather a necessity for advancement and an exercise of privilege.
Japan, the U.S., and European countries subscribe to ethics and morals, such that they cannot accept what is normal for the PRC. Xi must have been feeling some stress about this conflict.
So, Xi embarked on an audacious strategy. He single-handedly proved to the whole world that he had no compunction in ignoring historical facts, reinventing history, and acting outside accepted norms. A part of that was his “left-handed salute” in contravention of military custom.
So, if in the future someone believes the PRC and is deceived, the person who was deceived is at fault.
In this way, Xi upgraded this PRC local norm to an international norm. Take a little wound to break the bones of your enemy. Hats off to this tough strategy!
https://www.facebook.com/kent.gilbert.5/posts/892287524195442:0
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