Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:United Chinese Communes wrote:What exactly is the logic behind this statement? In what way do you believe that the Japanese invasion of China helped East Asian peoples? Because you've repeatedly mentioned that it was in some way beneficial, but you haven't explained how or why.
If Japan actually conquered China the global social status of East Asians would have been even higher than what it is and much higher than what it would have been had Japan or its empire had not existed.
Even right now people on this planet, European, African, Middle Eastern, Indian etc, respect Japanese people and their former colonial subjects, South Koreans & Taiwanese enough that their passports are even stronger than US passports in terms of how many visa-free entrances allowed.
If Japan had succeeded in conquering China, it would likely have been reduced to status of India under the British: an oppressed people under the jackboot of imperialism. Indians were not exactly held in high regard by the other European powers. South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are held in high regard by the American hegemony because they served as valuable assets during the Cold War, not because of Japanese colonialism.