Japan-Sino relations. Long memories and pain

Although there has been a thawing in relations between Japan and China since the replacement Junichiro (pleasant demeanor but hardly the worlds greatest statesman) don't believe for a minute that the WW2 rancour doesn't still exist. I would suggest far more deeply than in USA or Europe.

The following is a reply I was cc'd into for an invitation to a business sharing event between highly professional Hong Kong and Japanese businessmen yesterday. The names have been X'd out.

"Dear X. XXXX

Thank you. If possible, I try not to have any contact with the Japanese who have skinned / tortured millions of men and raped and blasted open countless of women during the second world war.

A farmer in the New Territories who witnessed head-cutting by the Japanese soldiers told me the heads rolling on the ground squeaked in the teeth because of the unspeakable pain - of course the victims couldn't speak any more.

Given the permanent presence of the extreme rightists in Japan, this country will certainly attempt to conquer other nations in the future when there is another chance, in one form or the other.

Hava a good day.

Regards,

X.X. Xxxxxx"