China's Northeast Project and Trends in the Study of Koguryŏ History

Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2006, Vol 10, Issue 1

Abstract

While the three East Asian countries have on the one hand recently advocated the building of a regional community designed to ensure coexistence and co-prosperity, they have also focused on strengthening traditional nationalism in order to secure national unity and grasp the reigns of regional leadership. Ultra-nationalists in Japan have long been less than adverse to distorting history in order to beautify the exploitative nature of Japanese imperialism. China has also begun to engage in the distortion of history, even going as far as attempting to incorporate segments of Korean history into its own. In this regard, it will be impossible for the three East Asian nations to establish peaceful cooperative relations as long as such distortions of history remain rampant. Furthermore, unlike Europe, where the concept of the nation was formed during the modern era, the three East Asian nations possess relatively strong ethnic identities that developed as a result of a history that has unfolded from early on at the nation (nationality) level. Under such circumstances, attempts by one country to emphasize its own nationalism while distorting the history of itsneighbors, are bound to lead to mutual distrust.

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Hokyo Yeo

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Hokyo Yeo (2006). China's Northeast Project and Trends in the Study of Koguryŏ History. International Journal of Korean History, 10(1), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-26322