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GO256: Conflict in East Asia

GO256: Conflict in East Asia . Professor Walter Hatch Colby College Case #2. “One would expect people to remember the past and imagine the future …. But what they more often do is imagine the past and remember the future.”. -- Lewis Namier. And then fight over the difference.

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GO256: Conflict in East Asia

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  1. GO256: Conflict in East Asia Professor Walter Hatch Colby College Case #2

  2. “One would expect people to remember the past and imagine the future …. But what they more often do is imagine the past and remember the future.” -- Lewis Namier

  3. And then fight over the difference

  4. What is Imagined/Remembered 1895 1937

  5. The Most Contentious Memories • “Rape of Nanjing” • Unit 731 • Comfort Women

  6. Nanjing Massacre

  7. Massacre Museum

  8. Yushukan

  9. Unit 731

  10. Has Japan shown contrition? Depends on whom you talk to

  11. Japanese Apologies • Nakasone (1985): regret • “ultranationalism” • “militarism” • Hosokawa (1993): “sincere sympathy” • “acts of agression” • “intolerable pain and suffering” • Maruyama (1995): deep remorse • “tremendous damage and suffering”

  12. Yasukuni Shrine

  13. History Textbooks

  14. Question: Why did China decide to make this an issue in 1980s?

  15. Protests

  16. The Snub China’s Vice-Premier Wu Yi Leaves Tokyo

  17. The Burden of History Yasukuni Shrine

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