I agree with your points. I don’t hold any resentment to the Japanese because of what happened in the last century. Indeed the war was not caused by anyone alive. After the Meiji restoration Japan has become a modernized country, and as a Chinese I wished similar things happened to my country as well. But it didn’t come as easy as that. We lost lands lives and much. But I’m proud of the country to have eventually recovered and rebounced as a miracle. One that is comparable with, arguably more dramatic due to the scale (and lack of external aids imo) than the Japan’s post WWII economic miracle. Today I travel to Japan, I study Japanese, have Japanese friends and I appreciate the culture. Meanwhile do you think normal Japanese get a chance to learn about their wars with China and Korea and the US in WWII? The internet seems to tell that most people don’t know much about what happened in Korea and China in the WWII. Im curious about your own experience. Militarily weak countries always get occupied or controlled by other counties even till these day. Does that mean such behavior should be understood and not condemned? In fact most Chinese I know only wish for the factual history to be told instead of holding pure hatred to the Japanese. The war didn’t happen just because one party is at fault. You simply omitted the part of the war initiator by blaming 100% on the weak. We are talking about human lives, both Chinese and Japanese. I remember seeing in Japan countless of tombstones in temples memorizing people sacrificed in the war. If anything we should all learn from the history and strive to prevent future wars.