Perhaps Asia’s most dangerous case of historical obsession is to be found in the relationship between China and Japan. The current dispute in the East China Sea over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands (the Diaoyu Islands in China) would likely be less tense if the atrocities of the Sino-Japanese War were not rehashed so often in contemporary Chinese life.
也许亚洲最危险的历史恩怨在中日之间。如果中日战争的惨状不曾在当代中国人的生活中一再改编，目前围绕日本控制的尖阁列岛（中国称钓鱼岛）的争议可能也不会如此之大。