How Americans view Sino-Japanese ties!

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The average American understands why the Chinese are angry at Japan, but the average American does not share that anger.  The question of whether Japan should be on the UNSC is a question of what future benefit will they bring, not a question of whta they have done in the past.  Also, it makes no sense for the UNSC to be made of only countries that are good friends.  It is worth remembering that our country and yours, both UNSC members, were virtually at war in Korea.  Would things have been better if one of our countries had permanently left the UNSC?

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They are really very anti-war, and I don't see why a rational person would fear them at this point.  The Chinese government is using its state-controlled propaganda machine to manipulate its subjects and whip up anti-Japanese sentiments for its own reasons. 

And it is perfectly clear those reasons mostly relate to the desire of China to keep Japan off the UNSC.

What I don't understand is why China believes this will work.  All the protests and attempts to get the world to remember that Japan was bad 65 years ago does not have a measurable impact on the world's opinion or Japan's chances in the UN.  Maybe the Chinese leadership doesn't believe this will work, is resigned to Japan's success, and is simply trying to score a few points with their own people with xenophobia.