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The historical baggage is too heavy and weighs us down.
Had Japan annihilated the entire KMT army and left the civilians alone, I believe there can be peace.
Unfortunately the brutal killing of millions of civilians echoes in the psyche of Chinese and Koreans for centuries to come.
This enmity is squarely the fault of Japan. The mass killings, chemical and biological experiments, live mass burials and bayonet competitions cannot be undone.
Issues of sovereignty over a few small islands is worth squat and can easily be solved. Unfortunately the historical baggage is permanent.
No, the problem is when your government uses historical wrongs as pretext for state-sponsored hatred of Japan. When Chinese rioted in the mid 2000's multiple times , damaging Japanese - owned businesses and production plants, not once did we demand compensation for said damages. But in the spirit of fostering bilateral trade relations and solidarity, we rebuilt...without asking for compensations.
The Mongols raped pillaged and destroyed thousands of people in their conquest of East, Euroasia. Yet to this day there is no such thing as deep-seated enmity between Mongols and Russians, and Turkic states. It's history.
You know, the generation of Japanese who were in the war are all dying or even dead. The hatred that some Chinese hold for Japanese now is unfair. To blame the youth of Japan is wrong. The sins of the grandfathers should not be passed on to the grandsons.
Just my opinion. That's all.