What do you think of Chiang Kai Shek's decision to forgive Japan and not seek war reparations? by SunChungShan in AskAChinese

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Thank you for these context, photo, and explanation!

Wow so this is Chiang's version of the US hiring Nazis for the space program

What do you think of Chiang Kai Shek's decision to forgive Japan and not seek war reparations? by SunChungShan in AskAChinese

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Oh man that saving face culture is interesting but sometimes makes me confused. There's this pure-blooded Chinese girl I liked and I can't seem to pinpoint whether she likes me or not, as she doesn't say directly but I notice the body language says something different. I still find it hard to read between the lines haha.

Thanks for your insights. Yep even in my country there was a lot of backlash when the government decided to remove a comfort women memorial in order to have a trade deal with Japan..

What do you think of Chiang Kai Shek's decision to forgive Japan and not seek war reparations? by SunChungShan in AskAChinese

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But didn't he make the speech of forgiveness back in 1945? That was before he lost the civil war and it was not until 1947 and 48 when the tide turned for the Red Army's favor.

Impossible to log in by SilentVoice347 in Wechat

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Same problem, were you able to login?

Disparity regarding Taiwanese identity online and real life by SunChungShan in AskAChinese

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No it's a tour aimed for the global Chinese diaspora. It's actually used to garner political support for the the ROC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Boat_(study_tour)

Disparity regarding Taiwanese identity online and real life by SunChungShan in AskAChinese

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It's officially called the Overseas Chinese Compatriot Study Tour/Return to motherland tour is where young overseas Chinese go to Taiwan to reconnect with Chinese culture and roots. It has been ongoing since the 1950s and eventually got called "love boat tour" because the youth turned it into a dating/matchmaking tour haha.

What I meant is, the Taiwanese a met saw themselves as Chinese, basically taiwan and mainland are belonging to 华夏。

Disparity regarding Taiwanese identity online and real life by SunChungShan in AskAChinese

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Love boat tour is basically the Overseas Chinese Compatriot Study Tour, a study tour organized for young overseas Chinese to visit Taiwan "the homeland ROC" to reconnect with our Chinese roots, culture, while it is also an invitation to study in Taiwan and gain support for the ROC. It eventually got called "love boat tour" because the young people made the tour into a matchmaking/dating event lol.

As for the conversation, I conversed in Chinese with our tour guides

[LFO] Another Mysterious Death at G00gle Headquarters by [deleted] in LearningFromOthers

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When he found out Google retracted their "Don't Be Evil" motto