tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post8187776791051314796..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: The Chinese fools in Fangzheng, HeilongjiangChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-60018682637610740792011-08-05T12:53:09.338+08:002011-08-05T12:53:09.338+08:00Hi anon, you are right about the monument for the ...Hi anon, you are right about the monument for the Brit soldiers. I don't mean to split hair, I read some write ups and technically it was the Brits who built their monuments when they were ordered to build for the Japs when they were prisoners. The Japs wanted them to build theirs and they pleaded to build one for their own soldiers, and the Japs acceded for PR reasons.<br /><br /><br />Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-56341409226178585272011-08-05T12:24:41.995+08:002011-08-05T12:24:41.995+08:00Mr Bean,
Sorry,something wrong with my mouse.Comme...Mr Bean,<br />Sorry,something wrong with my mouse.Comments repeated.Pls delete accordingly.agongkianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-27549954974225750222011-08-05T12:12:13.075+08:002011-08-05T12:12:13.075+08:00Giving them proper burial and erecting a monument ...Giving them proper burial and erecting a monument on the grave site shows that the Heilongjiang Chinese/Chosun are magnanimous,gracious,can forgive and forget.Cannot say they are fools because of that.<br />I rather see country build monuments to honour their conquerors than to see their country men calling themselves Yamabuta Lee,Toni Tan etc when they are not related to ....You rarely see agongkianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-70162188030561407132011-08-04T20:51:35.015+08:002011-08-04T20:51:35.015+08:00Red Bean, according to Wikipedia, there were two o...Red Bean, according to Wikipedia, there were two other memorials built by the Nippon army in 1942 apart from the one I mentioned. They were the Nippon Jinja and Nippon Chureito built on Bukit Batok Hill to commemorate their own war dead. These were also demolished when the British returned in 1945.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-79507714932824156832011-08-04T16:21:40.802+08:002011-08-04T16:21:40.802+08:00Surprisingly, despite the atrocities committed, t...Surprisingly, despite the atrocities committed, the Japanese C-in-C of Imperial Japanese Army in the Malayan/Singapore campaign, Gen.Yamashita, did build a memorial in the McRitchie Reservoir area for British and allied forces who died in the campaign. But the memorial was demolished by the British after the defeat of Imperial Japan in 1945, due to fears that the memorial might revive memories Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-4149617546786815812011-08-04T14:54:57.096+08:002011-08-04T14:54:57.096+08:00Just a case of living human fearing the dead due t...Just a case of living human fearing the dead due to superstition or whatever, no big deal.<br />However, be mindful that it could also be a reminder to the Chinese future generations that the Place was once occupied by invaders, not too bad.<br />Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com