Chapter 561 The speech that got to see the light of day once more! (1/2)
Chapter 561 The speech that got to see the light of day once more!
Pui?
He actually said pui? He really said pui?
Where’s the academic speech that you were going to give? d.a.m.n, it was supposed to be an academic speech, no? What is this? What was this? What the heck are you saying!?
The first thought that came to the minds of many of the Peking University teachers was: Game over! This nationalistic youth who cannot keep quiet for more than a second…has gone crazy again!
Matsumoto stood up in shock!
The other j.a.panese political delegates also stood up staring!
But Zhang Ye looked back at them fearlessly and even raised his hand to point at them, asking the students of Peking University loudly, “Let me ask all of you! On the anniversary of the ma.s.sacre that has just pa.s.sed, did any high-ranking official of j.a.pan express an apology for China? Did any j.a.panese express a tinge of regret regarding that incident? While we’re here talking about how China and j.a.pan should form a good friends.h.i.+p, the last of the Chinese comfort women are still seeking justice from the j.a.panese government. They have yet to receive a cent, an apology, or even a trace of remorse from them! While we keep saying that we should turn the page on the history between China and j.a.pan, the last Chinese laborers are still seeking for compensation from the j.a.panese government and enterprises. But they are being mocked by their government, enterprises, and law! How about those j.a.panese enterprises that have disgraced their government? They are currently earning truckloads of money in China!”
Su Na drew in a deep breath!
Professor Zeng also looked shaken!
After that malicious pui, the burden and gloom that had been weighing on their chest was suddenly relieved, while leaving them in shock!
The Peking University students could only look blankly at Zhang Ye!
The host was also dumbfounded, not knowing if he should stop Teacher Zhang!
Zhang Ye said pa.s.sionately, “While we speak of getting on familiar terms with j.a.pan and learning from them, our homes in the northeast are still polluted with millions of j.a.panese bio-warfare and viral warfare weapons, none of which they have taken responsibility for! While we bring up that we should adopt a new perception about j.a.pan, the past few j.a.panese Prime Ministers have freely gone around and publicly urged the European Union to not lift the arms embargo against China. Yet they continue forging closer military ties with the United States to deter China! While we keep emphasizing the fact that our lands are only separated by a strip of water, j.a.pan explicitly and implicitly supports or encourages the incitement of opposition to our Cross-Straits relations! When we reach agreements with our neighboring countries on the borders, j.a.pan continually uses tricks on its occupied islands to extend its territory to the East China Sea, attempting to seize our resources and seal us off! When we were willing to forget the past to focus on friendly relations with j.a.pan, their authoritative agency released a survey stating that 60% of j.a.panese people patronize us, hate us, distrust us, and have deep contempt for us! In the postwar decades, we’d continued the pursual of the absconded n.a.z.i war criminals. Then, in order to be recognized as the sole government of China, we even gave up war reparations. We did not even intend to go after those j.a.panese war criminals who had their hands stained with the blood of our citizens!”
Every word was a stab in the heart!
The Peking University students were enraged!
Many people were already clenching their teeth and fists tightly!
Zhang Ye put up his hand and said, “Alright! That’s enough! j.a.pan is still that j.a.pan! j.a.pan will forever be that j.a.pan! We don’t have a reason or a need to beg them to treat us with kindness and friendliness. But as Chinese citizens, we are hurting because of our soft, confused, and pretentious comrades!”
Yao Mi and the other students stared at Bai Yi!
There were also many students who looked over at Professor Yan!
But Zhang Ye continued, “Back then, j.a.pan’s China Expeditionary Army totaled 1 million soldiers. But the ones who did the dirty work for them, the Collaborationist Chinese Army, numbered more than 2 million soldiers! Back then, j.a.pan’s China Expeditionary Army killed 30 million of our comrades in the 14 years of war1! Yet 1.8 million traitors served them loyally by continuing the invasion and abetting the enemy! Back then, the countries and citizens who had been harmed by the German occupation received considerable reparations from them. The Germans also sincerely expressed their apologies and their will to reflect upon themselves. But for us, we signed away j.a.pan’s responsibility for their war crimes even though j.a.pan had never sincerely expressed any regrets nor apologized to us. Back then, the German Chancellor genuflected in front of the memorial, expressing deep remorse and the resolve to never go to war again! We did not get anything out of it, yet we initiated closer ties! We did exactly what we called a ‘new perspective’ here today, to improve our ‘friends.h.i.+p’!”
Every word was going against Bai Yi and Yan Jiantao!
Bai Yi’s expression had a great change!
Professor Yan was about to blow his top as well!
In a short span, the way the Peking University students saw them had totally changed. They became looks of disgust and indignation. The two of them had suddenly become the targets of the crowd!
That’s right!
Friends.h.i.+p, my a.s.s!
New perspective, my a.s.s!
They purposely arrived late and made all of us at Peking University wait for them for nearly three hours, while you two, Bai Yi and Yan Jiantao, did not even make a sound, but instead attempted to educate our Peking University students? Criticize our Peking University students? Even wanting us to be friends? Make us forgive them? Does that even make any d.a.m.n sense? What the f**k was this kind of logic!?
Zhang Ye slammed his hands on the rostrum again, “What friends.h.i.+p? What forgiveness? A devil never needs to apologize or be forgiven! Don’t blindly promote the so-called superior systems. As a democratic country, if their citizens of the past had not existed, then there would have been no past wars. If the citizens of the present do not exist, then there won’t be the current government! Do not be sucked into the so-called cultured and civilized side of j.a.pan. Culture and civilization are the foundations of humans. In the last century, the j.a.pan which had committed such hideous deeds actually had an ugly and hypocritical culture and civilization! Don’t expect j.a.pan to want to repent at some point in the future. A country that adopts the law of the jungle for their own country will never have a future!”
The j.a.panese translator kept translating and conveying the meaning of the speech to the delegates. He was already sweating all over. As a professional translator of Chinese, he had been by the side of many high-ranking j.a.panese officials through multiple occasions and had a wealth of experience, but at this moment, he was finding it difficult. There were also some words that could not be translated. Being such an experienced and excellent translator, how could he be facing such problems? Because the other party was using very unconventional words! There were many curse words which the translator had never needed to use before! This made his task of translating ten times more difficult! Beads of sweat were already forming on his temples!
Matsumoto could no longer listen any further!
The other officials in the political delegation were so furious that even their lips were trembling with anger! They were sincere in visiting China, hoping to come over to express their friends.h.i.+p. But who knew that today, at this very moment, they were being scolded right to their faces by a simple Peking University teacher!? Even scolding their country?