What do the Japanese think about China?
日本人怎麼看中國？
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David A. LaSpina, lives in Japan
Answered Sep 8, 2015
Originally Answered: What do Japanese people think about China?
What does a group of people think about another group of people? Answer: everything!
Some Japanese don't think much of China (mainly right-wingers).
Some Japanese think China is a powder-keg and will self-destruct or at least fall into civil war (some Japanese have been thinking this for many decades).
Some Japanese like China but worry about the gov*ment of China.
Some Japanese love Chinese history and have general positive feelings about the country.
Some Japanese love kung-fu films and think everyone in China is secretly a martial arts master.
And on and on. You will find as many opinions as there are people.
一群人如何看另一群人？答案：一切皆有可能。
有些日本人不看重中國（主要是右翼）；有些日本人認為中國是個炸藥桶，或至少會陷入內戰（一些日本人已經這麼想了幾十年了）
一些日本人喜歡中國，不喜歡他們的政府；一些日本人喜歡中國歷史，對這個國家普遍抱著積極看法；一些人喜歡功夫電影，認為中國每個人都是武術大師；等等等。你會發現有非常多的觀點。
Based on all the Japanese I have talked to in my ten years in country and all I've seen and read, I might offer a general answer is:
Japanese like China and the Chinese people in general (though they think they are often rude/loud/selfish), but aren't so happy about the Chinese gove*ment and wish they would stop bringing up WW2 so often* (and suspect the reason they do bring it up so often has more to do with distracting the public from domestic problems than anything else). They worry about pollution from China and complain endlessly about Chinese sand (Asian Dust). They love Chinese food but think it's too oily. They worry about industry jobs leaving this country for that one. They admire traditional Chinese wisdom and everyone knows someone who swears Chinese medicine is much better than Western medicine. They think the language is crazy difficult.
基於我在日本待了10年聊過的日本人來看，我得出一個答案：
一般來說，日本人喜歡中國和中國人（儘管他們認為中國人總是粗魯、喧譁、自私），但對他們政府非常不滿，希望他們能別那麼頻繁提起二戰（並懷疑他們這麼做的理由是為了分散公眾注意力，不去關注國內問題）。日本人擔心中國的汙染，不停地抱怨中國沙塵（亞洲沙塵）飄過來。日本人喜歡中國食物，就是覺得太油膩。日本人擔心國家失去就業機會。日本人崇拜中國傳統智慧，每個人都說中醫比西醫好。他們認為中文很難學。
Now note, these are just my ideas as I sum up everything I've heard, read, seen, etc, in my time here. I do not claim to speak for the Japanese themselves nor could I, since (as I mentioned above) everyone has a different opinion and there is no collective single viewpoint.
*: Let's not open this can of worms here. Plenty of questions and answers already on Quora about the matter.
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這些只是我的想法，總結我在這裡聽過的、讀過、看過的一切。我並非要為日本人發聲，我也不會為他們發聲，每個人的觀點不同，沒有統一的觀點。
我們難以回答這個問題。quora上已經有很多關於這方面的討論了。
Mizumoto Kovia (水本 こびあ)
Updated Nov 15
China is a country of romantic longing for me.
I’m around forties now, I was watching Chinese romantic programs frequently on television from I was small.
There was a "Godaigo" (the Japanese rock band), and they were singing a song of "西遊記ーMagic monkey " .I felt 「It’s very cool」.youtube here:Monkey Magic
與我而言，中國是個浪漫的國度。我現在40多歲了，從小就一直看中國電視節目。
有一支名為「Godaigo」的日本搖滾樂隊唱西遊記的歌，我覺得很酷。
Also, I remember that the TV program of 「Silk Road」 did with NHK and it was a little boom in 80’s Japanese society.
When I got a little bigger, I learned "漢詩ーChinese poetry" at school. I was impressed by the incomparable beauty of that character world what never experienced.
Even now I am proud that "漢字ーKanji" are the most beautiful character in the world!!
Then I wached many wonderful Chinese films. I became a fan of Chinese movies.
而且，我記得NHK播放《絲綢之路》的電視節目，在80年代的日本社會上小小流行過。
長大一點時，在學校學了「漢詩」（中國詩歌）。我被從未見過的無與倫比的詞彙深深打動。
就算現在我對「漢字」也十分自豪，漢字是世上最美的文字！！我看了很多優秀的中國電影，成了中國影迷。
「Last emperor」 by Bernardo Bertolucci,成龍-Jackie Chan, 張 芸謀-Zhang Yimou and 王家衛- Wong Kar Wai movies were all very excellent.(also I figured out such Chinese directors infuluence from the Japanese culture like a K -Pop,I noticed that integrating Japanese influence at a much higher level.)
A Chinese friend of mine was also made at a hotel in Tokyo at a part-time job.we played a parody of politicians of each other, played a jokes at work, went to a hospital when he became sick, we were good friends.
貝納爾多·貝託魯奇導演的《末代皇帝》，成龍、張藝謀、王家衛的電影都非常出色（我發現很多中國導演深受日本文化的影響，像K -Pop一樣，把日本影響力提到了更高的水平）。
我的一個中國朋友在東京一家酒店做兼職。我們惡搞了彼此的政客，開工作上的玩笑，他生病了就去醫院，我們是好朋友。
Compared with Korean culture, Korean culture is much modern,sharp and Westernize, Chinese culture has traditional,relaxed sweetness and sentimental feeling for me.
Even above the newspaper and this Quora, there are various political problems between China and Japan, but as an individual one has a sense of affinity and respect.
It is good to have mutual understanding beyond the relationship that reflects the Cold War structure and invisible pressure of Western country,as there are things that are not in each other.
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和現代化、尖銳、西式的韓國文化相比、中國文化對我而言是傳統的、輕鬆甜蜜又多愁善感。
即使在報紙上，在quora上，有很多中日間的政治問題。但個體則深受吸引和尊重。
相互理解超越了冷戰結構和西方國家無形的壓力帶來的關係，這是件好事，彼此之間有些事情是不存在的。
Chen Dalun (陳達侖)
Answered Oct 20, 2016
93% of Japanese have negative views on China. That’s a research carried out in 2015.
I speak Japanese and one of my interests is logging onto Twitter to see how Japanese people think about China. 「A nasty giant noisy uncivilized north Korea in which the only industry is sweat factories producing fake low-quality junk.」 Can perfectly conclude what I saw.
Here are some typical Tweets spreading in Japanese society.
「China’s economy will collapse in 5 years.」 (Which we have been hearing for more than 10 years)
2015年一份研究表明，93%的日本人對中國抱有負面看法。我會說日文，興趣之一是上推特看日本人怎麼看中國。「一個令人討厭的巨人、喧譁未開化的朝鮮、唯一產業是生產假冒低劣產品的工廠」，這句話能完美概括我所看到的。
以下是日本社會典型的推文：
「中國經濟將在5年內崩潰」（這句話我們已經聽了10多年了）
「Chinese never sent a man to space. The video of the astronaut moving inside the spaceship was shot under water.」
「Nanjing massacre never happened/ Nanjing massacre was done by Chinese.」
「Chinese races are proved by scientists as inferior.」
…
And you know what, these kind of bullshits receive thousands of likes and reposts.
I won’t blame Japanese people for being ignorant. Common people always have their opinions molded by what the mainstream media says. Japan simply makes no exception.
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「中國人從未把人送入太空。太空人在太空的視頻是水下拍攝的。」
「南京大屠殺從未發生過；南京大屠殺是中國人自己做的。」
「華人種族被科學家證明是低等的。」
你知道嗎，這種胡說八道的東西被點讚和轉發了上千條。
我不會指責日本人的無知。普通人總會因為媒體說的話而形成觀點。日本人也不例外。
Mari Seto, spent half of my life in Tokyo.
Answered Aug 28, 2016
I am very fond of China and its people. I studied the language for four years (before I gave up) and backpacked my way around the country. Everyone I interacted on a personal level (inside and outside China) was friendly and hard working. Plus they have gorgeous landscapes, awesome food, and a panda research base!
我非常喜歡中國和中國人。我學了四年中文，在這個國家旅行。個人層面上，我互動過的每個人（國內和國外）都非常友好和勤勞。而且中國有著迷人的風景，有誘人的美食，還有熊貓研究基地！
As country as a whole…. I think that China is a serious security threat in East Asia, and the gov*ment is oppressive. At the same time, I am also painfully aware that information is biased. What I read (in Japanese or sometimes English even) has at least some sprinkling of hints of impending Chinese domination, and that they are going to slaughter us because they hate us all. I cringe at the comments on Yahoo! Japan news articles reporting on Chinese anything, of their bigotedness and ignorance. But I believe the same goes for the Chinese media too. They probably read all the hideous things about Japan written in Chinese, and not bother learning about what the opposite side has to say.
國家作為一個整體……我認為中國在東亞是一個嚴重安全威脅。同時，我痛苦地意識到信息充滿偏見。我所讀的（日文或英文）至少會些許暗示即將到來的中國統治，他們將屠殺我們，他們憎恨我們所有人。我為雅虎新聞下的評論感到害怕！日本新聞報導中國的一切，他們偏執又無知。我相信中國媒體也如此。他們可能讀過日本寫過的所有可怕的東西，不去學習對方到底說了什麼。
Currently, according to the polls, the Japanese impression on China isn’t great at all. I just hope that, though difficult as it may be, that the each side tries to make an effort to learn from each other without media bias. Then I think it quickly becomes apparent that neither side is as monstrous as the media depicts.
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當前，根據民意調查，日本對中國的印象並不好。我只希望，儘管有些困難，雙方都能努力不帶媒體偏見地相互學習。如此一來，他們很快會發現，雙方都不像媒體描述得那樣可怕。