![]() Like the holocaust in Europe, they must serve to remind us continually of human capacity for evil. The barbarities of recent wars must not be forgotten. Memories of the Nanjing massacre, the sexual exploitation of "comfort Women," criminal medical experimentation, slave labor, and other such atrocities committed more than half a century ago still affect relations today. Wars in East Asia-beginning with armed struggle between China and Japan in 1894-95 to determine the fate of Korea and culminating with eight years of bitter conflict during World War II-claimed tens of millions of lives. ![]() ![]() They are also arming themselves against the prospect of future belligerence. Today, the peoples of East Asia are increasingly engaged in trade and cultural exchange. ![]() Distrust and resentment, a legacy of decades of conflict in the 19th and 20th centuries shadow prospects for a brighter era of peace and cooperation in the 21st. Seybolt, Center for Asian StudiesĪt the turn of the millennium, the relations of the three great nations of East Asia-China, Korea, and Japan-hang in the balance. Asia Society Museum: The Asia Arts & Museum Networkīy Peter J.
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