Comments on: Different understandings of history http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/05/different-understandings-of-history/ The China History Group Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:25:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pete http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/05/different-understandings-of-history/comment-page-1/#comment-106868 Pete Wed, 14 May 2008 00:32:53 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=424#comment-106868 It is never wrong to compare two situations/countrys/events. The issue is how is the comparison made. I can compare an ant with an elephant, or a drop of water with the Himalayas. These may not be interesting comparisons, but it is perfectly all right to do so as long as I get the facts right, and I can point out what's the same and what's different. Actually, there is a lot of similarity between China today and Germany of 1930's. China today is bitter because of what happened in 1800's. Germany in 1930's was bitter because of what happened in 1918. Youth in Germany in 1930 was super nationalistic. Chinese youth today is super nationalistic. Chinese today think China can do anything it wishes to. German in 1930 think it can conquer the world. There is a lot of similarity between China today and Japan of 1920 to 1940's too. Japan had shortage of resources. China will face the same shortage real soon now. Japan had the industrial means to create a great military. China is creating one now. Japan send a lot of students to foreign countries to learn their ways. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese students overseas. Japan was trying to get at resources from other countries. China is trying to do the same. Japanese government taught their youth of how vulnerable China was. Chinese government is teaching their youth how vulnerable USA is. The rest is history. It is never wrong to compare two situations/countrys/events. The issue is how is the comparison made. I can compare an ant with an elephant, or a drop of water with the Himalayas. These may not be interesting comparisons, but it is perfectly all right to do so as long as I get the facts right, and I can point out what’s the same and what’s different.

Actually, there is a lot of similarity between China today and Germany of 1930’s. China today is bitter because of what happened in 1800’s. Germany in 1930’s was bitter because of what happened in 1918. Youth in Germany in 1930 was super nationalistic. Chinese youth today is super nationalistic. Chinese today think China can do anything it wishes to. German in 1930 think it can conquer the world.

There is a lot of similarity between China today and Japan of 1920 to 1940’s too. Japan had shortage of resources. China will face the same shortage real soon now. Japan had the industrial means to create a great military. China is creating one now. Japan send a lot of students to foreign countries to learn their ways. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese students overseas. Japan was trying to get at resources from other countries. China is trying to do the same. Japanese government taught their youth of how vulnerable China was. Chinese government is teaching their youth how vulnerable USA is.

The rest is history.

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