It is unbelievable what current China is doing to Korean culture.

Reading this report makes me sick.

The only thing encouraging out of this report is that the vast majority of

Koreans feel the same way I do, which means that we Koreans simply must

continue to make ourselves strong in every which way so that we won't find

ourselves in situations like that of Tibet, Hong Kong, or Taiwan.

It is certainly maddening for me to hear such a ridiculously false claim.

However, it makes us go back to the question of whose land is Manchuria.

Chinese should have stayed to the south of the Great Wall. Koreans ruled to the north 

of it. "고조선-부여-고구려-발해" was where Koreans roamed as Korean tigers 

did. The older generation of Koreans must constantly remind young generations 

of where Koreans from and why Koreans should reclaim the territory. Remember "

History is written by the rulers".

Sorry, but you didn't know the Chinese consider Korea is ONE of their 'breakup'/disassociated provinces? Buddy, they still think Korea is a part of their country like Shandong Province, no more no less!

Indeed, more than three decades ago, when I started to travel to China with my mentor Mel Williams of the Hopkins - in those days, we were advised to carry the western toilet paper and ignore the absence of the door at the public toilets even in the hotel ( in those days, national Railway Hotel chain was the only place to stay as a hotel) -, I was dismayed to find out they still teach 'Korea is a part of their province like Tibet', written in the textbook for the elementary school. In other words, Koreans are one of their tribals living in the Eastern part of China, so-called 동이. And Yi dynasty behaved as their vassal for 500 years to their absolute ruler, 천자, we all know!!! So that was the reality we can't deny!

That is ONE of my motivations to accept their invitation every year with priority to show up 'Korean can do better and they still need to learn from Korean'. To my surprise, many young generations accept this new(?) reality and pay admiration wherever I go throughout China with full respect to my Korean background in particular. So the world has been changed and such Korean Americans like us will make much difference in their perception of Koreans as a whole no matter whether Koreans were once Eastern barbarian as one of their tribes after all.

BB Lee

P.S. Indeed, Prof. Lin-Sun Li of Nanjing Univ, a Godfather/pioneer of interventional radiology in China I worked closely as a close friend of Prof. Zhongguo Wang of Beijing, who is my closest Chinese colleague to have taught me how to deal with Budd Chiari Syndrome, once confessed that he hates me because I as Korean they always look down, knows more about their history and even original Chinese alphabets they don't know' and he painfully admitted that Koreans are as smart as they are if not better. So 'don't you worry none, brother' (Black slang!).

I will tell you one simple resolution of the matter.

As long as we continue to pay heavy undue respect to Chinese literature or poems, 

Chinese will be encouraged by enforcing their imperialism. Just stop it!

The Chinese letters and writings are bygone out-moded uncivilized antiques.

It has a place only for historians and sociology students. Just forget the damn Chinese.

Other than for those, what's the use of it? Why are we still holding on to the fucking language?

To the common persons like me or any other Koreans, we would rather pay attention

to the modern universal language of English or Europeans, and then our own Korean language.

That's the way to go, gentlemen!!

The Chinese were Korean's master one time but no more and no more !!

I was born in Korea. I live in America as an American citizen. 
I am generally recognized as Korean American. 윤동주 was born 

in Manchu and died in the prison in Japan. Korea took him as 

Korean because his parents emigrated to Manchu from Korea 

and he fought for Korean independence from Japan. So, Chinese 

claims that he is Chinese Korean. The question lies in what country 

owns Manchu. Regardless, he is a Korean just Iike I am an American.

I am NOT sure whether 윤동주 should be considered as Korean Chinese because one of my aunts, 남호진 여사, with whom my great uncle 이활 of 고려대 보성 재단 married after his first wife passed away by the stroke, talked about 윤동주 as her sister's son so that she was invited to a special ceremony for 윤동주. So, I presume the rest of his family is back to reside in Korea/ROK although his family might have escaped to Manchuria during the Japanese occupation. Based on this finding, he certainly could be classified as a Korean beyond the boundary of Korean immigrants to China in my opinion.

BB Lee