How the past affects our future

I have been reading the news lately online, more than watching the TV or reading the paper, and it has really been very eye opening to see how a nation can be so engrossed in one single issue.

In many ways, a nation so large and influential as China, where protests are being held in utter rejection of Japan to be added as a member of the UN Security Council until it apologizes for what it had done to its Asian neighbors is really -- China --I believe at the height of its ever growing democratic movement. More than that, people are flocking onto websites where they add thier names to petition online for justice, for recognition, for what people believe that the overwhelmingly tragic events that happened during World War II in Asia still affects our world today... .even if it is sixty years later.

I am pretty excited about that, because China has always been a country that is close to my heart, not only because I am of Chinese origin, but because of the rich history, legacy, culture, and people.

My friend and journalist, wrote this article about recent happenings in Beijing, as she is based in Beijing at this time.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_yu/20050411.html


I have another friend who got invited to join a protest in Tiananemen Square this week. I wonder if he is going to go.

In any case, I think I am silently protesting. Sometimes I have realized that protests come in all forms and sizes. Much more to write about this topic, but I will write that in anonther entry.