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The texts are:
Textbook A: In August 1937, two Japanese soldiers, one an officer, were shot to death in Shanghai (the hub of foreign interests). After this incident, the hostilities between Japan and China escalated. Japanese military officials thought Chiang Kai-shek would surrender if they captured Nanking, the Nationalist capital; they occupied that city in December.* But Chiang Kai-shek had moved his capital to the remote city of Chongqing. The conflict continued.
*At this time, many Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed or wounded by Japanese troops (the Nanjing Incident). Documentary evidence has raised doubts about the actual number of victims claimed by the incident. The debate continues even today.
Textbook B: The Nanjing Massacre: In December 1937, the Japanese military captured Nanjing. The Japanese military committed bloody atrocities against the residents of Nanjing and prisoners of war, killing them in extremely cruel methods including mass execution, burning, burying alive, beheading, and biting by dogs. The Nanjing Massacre was the most horrible [event] in world [history]…
According to statistics, the estimate of the deaths caused by Japanese atrocities against unarmed Nanjing residents and Chinese soldiers amounted to more than 300,000 just during the six weeks of the occupation by the Japanese military. The Nanjing Massacre is one of the greatest acts of violence perpetrated by the Japanese aggressors on the Chinese people.
1) Which of these sources is for Textbook A and which is for Textbook B?
New Century: Standard History Textbook in Mandatory Education. Published by Beijing’s Teachers’ College Press. Beijing, China: 2001.
New History Textbook. Published by Fusosha, Tokyo, Japan: 2005.
Answer:
- New Century: Standard History Textbook in Mandatory Education. Published by Beijing’s Teachers’ College Press. Beijing, China: 2001. (Textbook B)
- New History Textbook. Published by Fusosha, Tokyo, Japan: 2005. (Textbook A)
Explanation:
Textbook B presents the Nanjing Massacre as something very cruel and violent for the Chinese people. The text portrays the situation as something malicious and unjustifiable by the degree of violence. For this reason, we can say that it would be easier for a book produced in China to report this event in this way. For this reason, we can say that the source for this text would be: New Century: Standard History Textbook in Mandatory Education. Published by Beijing’s Teachers ’College Press. Beijing, China: 2001.
Textbook A, on the other hand, represents this same event in a more lenient way and shows a justification for Japan's actions at the event, in addition to not showing the event as something so cruel and violent. For this reason, we can say that a book produced in Japan is likely to represent this event in this way. For this reason, we can say that the book with this text would present the source: New History Textbook. Published by Fusosha, Tokyo, Japan: 2005.
