Chinese Communist Propaganda

     The other day, I got a comment from an English native speaker who maybe came from the U.S. and is working as an assistant language teacher in Japan. I exchanged some messages with him and was so surprised to know the fact that Chinese propaganda prevails in the world. You can read his opinion here. (link) I'd like to rebut his opinions one by one. I hope that he'll accept the facts that I'll present.
     He insists that Japanese forces had committed massacres in Indonesia. Japan actually fought military actions on the land of Indonesia, but they never fought against Indonesia. They were just struggling to eliminate the Dutch from Indonesia, who had ruled and exploited them for 300 years. You know, Indonesia was one of the Dutch colonies. If Indonesia was an independent country, Japan could have had a good relationship with them and bought natural resources from them. Japan was really short of them. There might be some small offenses committed by Japan because all the Japanese soldiers weren't gentle and modest and besides it was during World War Two, but I think that most intellectual Indonesians would agree with me. In the war, a considerable number of Japanese soldiers got to love Indonesia and the Indonesian people and they really wanted the independence of Indonesia, not for the benefit of Japan but from the bottom of their hearts. When Japan lost the war, the Japanese soldiers hid their weapons from the alliance forces and stayed there, ignoring the return order of Japan. They were afraid that the Dutch forces would come back to Indonesia and start exploiting Indonesians again. They helped Indonesians establish their own forces and taught the use of their modern weapons to the people in Indonesia. Most of those Japanese soldiers died or went missing in the battles for the independence of Indonesia and have been commemorated every year in the national graveyard, Taman Makam Pahlawan Kalibata, where only nationally acknowledged heros are permitted to sleep eternally. Would this be possible if Japan had committed a massacre in Indonesia?
     Does the history textbook of an American boy tell this fact? Does he know about Ahlone Camp in Burma? He insists that Japan also commited a massacre in Burma. It was just propaganda from the alliance forces to hide inconvenient historical facts in the Tokyo Tribunal of War Criminals. I'm going to write about this cruel Ahlone Camp later.

(Vocabulary)
rebut (フォーマル)(意見・批判など) に反駁(はんばく)する, 反論する
exploit (けなして)(人・労働力など) を私的目的に利用する, 食いものにする, 搾取する
offense [C] 罪, 違反, 犯罪(行為）
considerable 相当な, かなりの
a considerable amount/number of sth  かなりの量［数］の＜…＞
Ahlone Camp  アーロン収容所
Tokyo Tribunal of War Criminals 東京裁判

Comments

[KUMO]

>David

Most of distorted evidence that were used in the Tokyo Tribunal of War Criminals were made by China. China has been continuing it until now.

You always insist your opinion, but never answer my question reasonably. I wrote like this; There might be some small offenses committed by Japan. Wasn't it enough for you?

Do you know Sir Samuel Falle? Do you know Ahlone Camp?

I don't feel any sincerity in your comments.
Again, I don't want to squander my precious time. Bye!

[KUMO]

>David

Did you read one of topics in the website that I introduced the other day?

I don't want to waste my time.

[David]

And these stories and evidence of Japanese War Crimes during World War II are not Chinese (communist) propaganda.

They are Indochinese, Indonesian, Dutch, American, Australian, British, Korean, Malaysians, Filipinos, and Singaporean.

You can use the term 'Allied' or 'United Nations' propaganda.

[David]

You are conviently forgetting history.

Japan did not go into the Dutch colonies to 'liberate' Indonesians. They went there to 'liberate' raw materials such as oil and rubber. Which they needed because of their war against China.

According to the document 南方占領地行政実施要領 the Japanese strategy in Indonesia (and other islands) had three goals. (1) The maitenence of public order and peace. (2) Procrument of CRUDE OIL and other resources and (3) Self- suffiency of local Japanese forces.

There was also a difference in occupation strategies on the different Indonesian islands. Java which was the largest and most populous island (but had the less raw materials) was treated better. However the islands where raw materials existed (or Chinese people) were treated with an iron fist.

I would like to introduce you to a place called West Kalimantan. In 1943 the Japanese forces began to suspect the Chinese population in Kalimantan were planning a rebellion and between April 23, 1943 and June 28, 1944, more than 21,000 people were murdered by the Japanese Imperial Army.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kalimantan

This is just one clear example. Most of the deaths in Indonesia occured from starvation as a result of the Japanese Army stealing entire rice crops from the population.

According to John Dower in 'War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War' up to 4 million Indonesians died as a result of diverted natural resources and forced labor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romusha

Also between 1942-1945 under the Japanese occupation it was illegal for Indonesians to fly the red and white flag of their country. Why ?