Why were the Japanese so brutal towards the Chinese and their

>>2840373
they wanted to establish themselves as the new bosses of asia

unfortunately this only led to the of the CCP, and all the headaches they now face with a rising china, so much so abe is forming a team to join China's AIIB

>>2840373
They viewed all Asians with disgust, basically everyone they came into contact was put into work camps with an enormous rate of death.

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>>2840390
Thanks for the response

What was their general attitude towards whites? Did they view them as inferior or what?

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>>2840423
>Did they view them as inferior or what?

It was actually the opposite. They offered up their wives to white Europeans with no hesitation. They figured it would help their gene pool.

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>>2840460
DERETE DIS!!!

>>2840373
Japs were LARPing as Europeans and wanted to try as hard as they could to distance themselves from their 'uncivilized' Asian neighbors. Kinda backfired though, because now history just remembers them as industrialized barbarians.

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Shōwa Japan adopted the colonialism from the West and the racial doctrine from their german allies, only with the pseudo-scientific rationalization replaced by more crude ethnocentrism and pagan faith. They saw that Europeans conquered the World and sought to do the same thing for themselves. Then, they took the ideology of racial supremacy from Nazism and turned it to eleven.

>Postcard depicting Japanese children on the march over Asia. The militarists in charge of the government began heavy indoctrination of youth in the 1930s, requiring sacrificial pledges to the state, and creating elitist education practices that infused state-sponsored Shintoism with heavy doses of nationalist rhetoric. Military personnel were placed in schools to monitor education and purge western influences. The children in this view are seen carrying the Imperial Japanese Navy ensign and armed with rifles and katana (swords), these children exemplify the right of Japan to hold dominion over Asia.

There's a Japanese officer who actually pointed out this ideology of racial superiority and deplored the dehumanization of civilians by the Imperial Army (I don't remember his name).

>>2840423
Japan at this time was still circle jerking over honor and the like, and so they viewed anyone who surrendered with little respect

>>2840373
Yes, they viewed them as inferior. The Japanese took inspiration from Western powers on colonization and shit. "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" is a meme.

>>2840385
They tried invading China in the past through Korea but that backfired so they had to isolate themselves for a while. Then WWII happened and now Japan is on China's bad side again for their abhorrent actions. What is wrong with this country.

>>2842808
Japan is autistic as fuck.

>>2840373
>Did they view them as inferior
Yes, the Japanese saw themselves as the greatest Asian and among the master races. Other Asians were simply lesser off shoots of this great race and were treated as such.

>>2842808
China should genocide them in the future. That would be fun.