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a reader sent me a link to the online version of <study of "the rape of nanking">, a book written by two japanese revisionists, who try to deny the existence of nanjing massacre by proving the photographic evidences are fabricated by chinese.

one of the photos was cited in my "anti-japan sentiment in china" post, the two japanese revisionists try to prove that it is a fake, and the japanese soldier who prepares to behead a chinese in the photo "is a Chinese soldier".

Moreover, The man posing with the sword appears to be wearing a padded, sleeveless jacket, but no one in the Japanese army, regardless of rank, would ever wear such attire. In short, this is a Chinese soldier.This fake photograph is the badly made one that a performer is taking a pause.

the reader who sent me the link reminded me:

... any information and photo not accurate could be an ammunition to the people who try to minimize Japanese responsibility.

i appreciate his alert but i won't respond to a revisionist. arguing with such mindsets is a fruitless labor and only serves their purpose of confusing the readers. i have painful experiences of debating with such mentalities, which could work like a black hole to absorb any counter arguments to support their baseless points in absurd logic.

fortunately time will help the truth and good prevail. no matter how hard some old guards work to defend a bankrupt ideology in china, they find their voices fall away over time. and i believe the same will happen with all these japanese revisionist bullshits.

talking about pride, one quality that many chinese feel proud of is the spirit of entrepreneurship, and this becomes one of the positive qualities that amaze many foreigners.

should we feel proud of it?

in my opinion, there are many reasons we should but there are at least two we should not.

from my experiences, the so-called "spirit of entrepreneurship" reveals one defect of many chinese people, the inability to fit oneself into a group-based aspiration. this could be observed from the high turnover rate and the difficulty for firms to keep talents.

the "chinese entrepreneurship" in mainland china is a byproduct of the current chinese society, which offers people the biggest room of creative activities in the field of business, needless to say, there won't be so much "entrepreneurship" if part of their energies are re-directed towards cultural, political, social activities.