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Chinese Media Pays Attention to Changes in Japanese History Textbooks
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jìn rì近日zhōng guó中国méi tǐ媒体rén mín rì bào人民日报fā biǎo发表wén zhāng文章tǎo lùn讨论lerì běn日本gāo zhōng高中lì shǐ历史jiào kē shū教科书dewèn tí问题

Recently, the Chinese newspaper People’s Daily published an article discussing problems with Japanese high school history textbooks.

wén zhāng文章zhǐ chū指出rì běn日本zhèng fǔ政府zuì jìn最近shěn chá审查tōng guò通过leyī pī一批jiāng2027niánkāi shǐ开始shǐ yòng使用dejiào kē shū教科书

The article pointed out that the Japanese government recently reviewed and approved a batch of textbooks that will begin to be used in 2027.

zhōng guó中国méi tǐ媒体rèn wéi认为zhè xiē这些shūzhōngyǒuhěnduōnèi róng内容zàidàn huà淡化shèn zhì甚至fǒu dìng否定rì běn日本guò qù过去deqīn lüè侵略lì shǐ历史

Chinese media believe that many parts of these books downplay, or even deny, Japan’s past history of aggression.

bào dào报道zhǐ chū指出rì běn日本xiū gǎi修改jiào kē shū教科书zhǔ yào主要yǒusān zhǒng三种fāng fǎ方法

The report said that Japan mainly changes textbooks in three ways.

shǒu xiān首先shìgǎi biàn改变cí yǔ词语

First, it changes the wording.

lì rú例如yǒudeshūbù zài不再shǐ yòng使用qīn lüè侵略zhè ge这个ér shì而是gǎi yòng改用gèngmó hú模糊debiǎo dá表达jiǎn shǎo减少leduìzhàn zhēng战争zé rèn责任deshuō míng说明

For example, some books no longer use the word “aggression,” and instead use more vague expressions, which reduces explanations of war responsibility.

qí cì其次shìjiǎn shǎo减少duìzhàn zhēng战争zuì xíng罪行demiáo shù描述

Second, it reduces descriptions of war crimes.

wén zhāng文章tí dào提到yī xiē一些jiào kē shū教科书shān chú删除leguān yú关于nán jīng dà tú shā南京大屠杀dexiáng xì详细shù zì数字huò zhě或者xiāng guān相关nèi róng内容cóngzhèng wén正文dàoletàizhòng yào重要dezhù shì注释

The article mentioned that some textbooks removed detailed figures about the “Nanjing Massacre,” or moved related content from the main text to less important notes.

zuì hòu最后shìměi huà美化lì shǐ历史

Finally, it beautifies history.

bǐ rú比如yǒu xiē有些shūguò qù过去deqiǎng pò láo dòng强迫劳动gǎi chéng改成ledòng yuán láo dòng动员劳动

For example, some books changed the past term “forced labor” to “labor mobilization.”

zhōng guó中国méi tǐ媒体rèn wéi认为zhè zhǒng这种zuò fǎ做法huìràngrì běn日本denián qīng年轻yí dài一代duìzhēn shí真实delì shǐ历史quē fá缺乏liǎo jiě了解

Chinese media believe that this approach will leave Japan’s younger generation with little understanding of real history.

wén zhāng文章háizhǐ chū指出zhè xiē这些jiào kē shū教科书debiàn huà变化bèi hòu背后yǒurì běn日本zhèng fǔ政府bù fèn部分zhèng zhì rén wù政治人物deyǐng xiǎng影响

The article also pointed out that these changes in textbooks are influenced by the Japanese government and some politicians.

yī xiē一些rì běn日本zhuān jiā专家duì cǐ对此biǎo shì表示dān yōu担忧

Some Japanese experts have also expressed concern about this.

tā men他们rèn wéi认为rú guǒ如果xué shēng学生xué xí学习xì tǒng系统dejìn dài shǐ近代史kě néng可能huìchǎn shēng产生cuò wù错误delì shǐ历史rèn zhī认知cóng ér从而yǐng xiǎng影响lín guó邻国deguān xì关系

They believe that if students do not study modern history in a systematic way, they may develop a wrong understanding of history, which could affect relations with neighboring countries.

zuì hòu最后zhōng guó中国méi tǐ媒体qiáng diào强调lì shǐ历史shì shí事实shìbù róng不容gǎi biàn改变de

Finally, Chinese media emphasized that historical facts cannot be changed.

zhǐ yǒu只有chéng shí诚实miàn duì面对guò qù过去xué xí学习zhēn shí真实delì shǐ历史cái néng才能bì miǎn避免wèi lái未来decuò wù错误bìngwéi hù维护dì qū地区dehé píng和平wěn dìng稳定

Only by honestly facing the past and learning real history can future mistakes be avoided and peace and stability in the region be maintained.

zhèbù jǐn不仅shìwèi le为了jiào yù教育xià yí dài下一代shìwèi le为了ràngrì běn日本yà zhōu亚洲lín guó邻国jiàn lì建立gènghǎodexìn rèn信任guān xì关系

This is not only for educating the next generation, but also for building better trust between Japan and its Asian neighbors.

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