'We were never friends': A massacre on the eve of WW2 still haunts China-Japan relations
Published: 8/14/2025

A vlogger's somber video about the Nanjing Massacre sheds light on the strained China-Japan relations due to Japan's brutal military campaign during WW2. China commemorates the darker chapters of the past, like the Nanjing massacre, in contrast to Japan's focus on its victimhood. The ongoing tension stems from Japan's perceived lack of full accountability for its wartime atrocities and revisions to history textbooks.