Why both Japanese and Korean nationalists lust after Manchuria Options

[EazyMoney]

Seems like Manchuria has nothing do with them at all.
It beats me


Anyway, just a shoutout.


peace

[gaogouli]

Obviously there are some slightly educated chinese like Eidolon who feel guilty about Manchuria.
They know it belonged to Korea so they know in case
some korean nationalists claim it, they have some grounds to do so.

Therefore he tries to put down these claims even if there aren`t any
at the moment.

[Eidolon]

Obviously there are some slightly educated chinese like Eidolon who feel guilty about Manchuria.
They know it belonged to Korea so they know in case
some korean nationalists claim it, they have some grounds to do so.

Therefore he tries to put down these claims even if there aren`t any
at the moment.

You are deluded. There is little that Chinese should feel guilty about with regards to Manchuria. Manchuria truly and rightfully belongs to China, the winner of the race for that land. I might feel a bit guilty about Tibet, and about Xinjiang, and about parts of Inner Mongolia, but not about Manchuria. I know its history, and China's claim is just - our people moved there legally; we were encouraged by the land's original owners; it is a strategic region instrumental to China's safety and security. You seldom get more legitimate claims on territory than that.

By contrast, Korea's claim amounts to "oh we lived there thousands of years ago!" By that fu-king logic Europeans can claim Central Asia and all of humanity can claim Africa.

This post has been edited by Eidolon: Jun 12 2009, 02:11 AM

[haozhao]

You are deluded. There is little that Chinese should feel guilty about with regards to Manchuria. Manchuria truly and rightfully belongs to China, the winner of the race for that land. I might feel a bit guilty about Tibet, and about Xinjiang, and about parts of Inner Mongolia, but not about Manchuria. I know its history, and China's claim is just - our people moved there legally; we were encouraged by the land's original owners; it is a strategic region instrumental to China's safety and security. You seldom get more legitimate claims on territory than that.

By contrast, Korea's claim amounts to "oh we lived there thousands of years ago!" By that fu-king logic Europeans can claim Central Asia and all of humanity can claim Africa.

I agree. The Manchurians, the original owners of that land, BECAME Chinese. And thus, they eventually moved Han Chinese there to consolidate their power, as they became Hans essentially as well.

Manchuria is an inseperable part of China. Anyways, the Manchus are the ones who fu-ked up China, so they better stick with us now.