jp tv: japan was civilized by china    1099492725981207 japanese tv program discussing how china civilized japan:  > before china gave us chopsticks, we were eating with our bare hands.  > before china gave us currency, we were trading goods for goods.  > before china gave us law, we put the hands of the accused into boiling water to make convictions.  > yeah, we were total savages before china civilized us. recently there has been voices in japan reasserting the importance of sino-japanese relations in a positive light. this is a response to trump's victory, as well as the loss of sanae takaichi in ther ldp election.  a modern day (, japanese learning missions to tang-china during 600-900ad) phase might come around, where japan seeks closer relations with china, with the probability to just leave the us alliance system and to embrace the new asian hegemon.
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