A Flawed History

In recent decades, China and Japan have both become important economic forces in the world market, however the two countries have significantly different government systems behind this trend. Young children today have grown up without being exposed to the weak economies and corresponding environments that their parents and grandparents were brought up with, and the children of both countries learn more and more accurate history about the other than they may have in the past. Although to many Americans the histories of both countries are closely related, to children of these countries, learning about the history of the other helps put perspective on the role their own nation has played in the past century of wars and economic changes and globalization. This article discusses the judgemets school children are making about their own country compared to the other in China and Japan. More information can be found in the BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6545085.stm