I can see hostility directed towards North Korea here. Perfectly justified. However, what I don't get is the hint of anti-Japanese and anti-Chinese sentiments here. I'm not going to argue about Russia here, becuase I'm still not sure how real the threat of the Cold War really was. However, the war with Japan was so long ago - everything has changed since then.
What baffles me is that some people have forgiven Germany but not Japan - racism at its' worst.
I will be interested to see how the 2008 Beijing olympics go. Attitudes in China have changed DRASTICALLY over the last 30 or so years. China is no longer truly communism. They learned from the Soviet Union that hanging on to communism 'til the bitter end is suicide. Monetary freedom (capitalism) is slowly creeping in. Sure, there are still communist jobs for those who can't find capitalist jobs - but even the USA has welfare! At least these people are doing something (in the worst case, sweeping the streets), rather than just sitting there collecting a cheque. As this monetary freedom spreads and the average person becomes self-sufficient and buys cars, etc. freedom spreads. Political freedom will follow. In large cities you can already see the seeds of change. Falun Gong was a religion outlawed by the government in recent years. Even that is no longer 'taboo', there was a tent in Beijing when I was there handing out information. Nobody was hassling them, and there were soldiers from the Chinese Army right across the street. Those of you who remember Tienanmen Square as the site of the massacre would be shocked to see the state of politics in China now. Remember, that happened in 1989. For such a large country, they are changing shockingly fast.
I will be interested to see how they handle the 2008 olympics. It is a big opportunity for them to present the modern China to the world, and hope that it changes a few minds.