What made me interested in Japan?
A friend on itolki asked me what made me interested in Japan. I thought I have a long story to tell.
You probably know that China and Japan had a longlasting war from 1931 to 1945 which was a party of The Second World War. We battled very hard and almost lost it, but then American dropped two atomic bombs into Hiroshima and Nagasaki which forced Japan to surrender quickly and have saved my country from hell.
Due to the war, we hated Japan. But later we were surprised by their economic development after the war. When I became a high school student I started confusing how they can do that if they are all such bad people?
So I chose Japanese as my major at the university in order to solve my confusion. I learned the language and the cultures. I read Japanese books and talked to Japanese people directly and found that both our countries share so many familiar cultures and customs which could have made us be friends, not enemies.
I’m not saying these war things are forgivable. But I hope we can compete in a different and healthy way, not by hurting the people’s feelings or by opening the miserable memories again and again.
Now I’m living in Japan, I like this country and the people. As for politics, it’s not our business I think.
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What made me interested in Japan?
A friend on italki asked me what made me interested in Japan. I thought I have a long story to tell.You probably know that China and Japan had a longlasting war from 1931 to 1945 which was a party of The Second World War. We battled very hard and almost lost it, but then the Americans dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which forced Japan to surrender quickly and saved my country from hell.
Due to the war, we hated Japan. But later ("after the war" already implies it is later) we were surprised by their economic development after the war. When I became a high school student I started thinking, how they can do that if they are all such bad people?
So I chose Japanese as my major at the university in order to solve my confusion. I learned about (You can learn a language, but I'd personally say you can't learn a culture as it's something that you are born into or adapted to, so I think saying "I learned about the culture" sounds better and more natural in English) the language and the cultures. I read Japanese books and talked to Japanese people directly and found that both our countries share so many familiar cultures and customs which could have made us into friends, not enemies.
I’m not saying these war things are forgivable. But I hope we can compete in a different and healthy way, not by hurting the people’s feelings or by opening the miserable memories again and again.
Now I’m living in Japan, I like this country and the people. As for politics, it’s not our business I think.
Fantastic job! Keep it up!
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It's sad to hear that feelings like that still linger.
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Hi Daniel, thank you for correcting my article. I would say the majority people in China still don’t like Japan. When I chose Japanese as my major, I was strongly objected by my parents and my relatives because the war had killed my grandfather. But, on the other hand, there are many people traveling to japan every year now. So I think we will get over this miserable memories someday.
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This was an interesting read. Thank you for sharing. I actually have never heard about feelings from the war. How prominent are those feelings in China now? Do you know?
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What made me interested in Japan?
A friend on italki asked me what made me interested in Japan. I thought I have a long story to tell.You probably know that China and Japan had a longlasting war from 1931 to 1945 which was a party of The Second World War. We battled very hard and almost lost it, but then American dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which forced Japan to surrender quickly and have saved my country from hell.
Due to the war, we hated Japan. But later we were surprised by their economic development after the war. When I became a high school student, I started wondering how can they do that if they are all such bad people?
So I chose Japanese as my major at the university in order to solve my confusion. I learned the language and the cultures. I read Japanese books and talked to Japanese people directly and found that both our countries share so many familiar cultures and customs which could have made us become friends, instead of enemies.
I’m not saying these war things are forgivable. But I hope we can compete in a different and healthy way, not by hurting the people’s feelings or by opening the miserable memories again and again.
Now I’m living in Japan, I like this country and the people. As for politics, it’s not our business I think.
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