This is not a debate about whether China has killed more of its own than those killed by Japan. This is about the humiliation of being invaded by an arrogant foreign power that has never admitted to its crimes in full. Michael Cheng, Singapore
Have the rest of the world read the Chinese history textbooks? They think that all the other countries were bad to China during the First and Second World Wars. If the students don't want to read that history, whom should they protest to? Can they protest in Beijing? Wei, Taiwan
I feel that Japan lost information war to China and Korea. They say the Japanese brutal history, but will it be really right as expected? Strangely, about Nanjing rape, number of victims ten thousand of Chinese announcement increases by a unit year by year. Japan will add an end in the issue of Takeshima in an international court, Korea continues refusing appearance in court, though. Why?
While I think Japan has to do better in owning up to it's wartime actions, I find the criticisms coming from China rather ironic. I'd like to see a Chinese textbook's take on Tibet, Tiananmen, and the Cultural Revolution. Somehow, I don't think Japan is the only one ignoring it's ugly past, or in the case of China, it's present as well. Eric, San Francisco, USA
My guess is that there is a lot of dissatisfaction and potential unrest in China. 60 percent of the country in rural areas earns less than a dollar a day. It's probably a lot more comfortable for the Chinese government to allow protest against outside forces rather than its domestic policies. I think China is playing the political field for what it is: its victim card in the face of 80-year-old atrocities and its appetizing emerging market are potent here and now. What China wants strategically is anyone's guess. But I think yesterday's announcement, saying that it will not apologize for the near riots, is troubling.