May 27, 2005

2 Professors Confront Japan's Disputed Past With a Textbook

By ALAN BRENDER

Article: In a Recruitment Bid, Japanese Universities Open Offices in China

Two Japanese professors are at the center of a textbook controversy that raged out of control in China and led to widespread anti-Japanese demonstrations and sporadic violence there in recent weeks.

For years Chinese and South Koreans have accused Japan of whitewashing war crimes and injustices it committed before and during World War II. They

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