Originally Posted by
5khours
Of course not. The Chinese have regarded Japan as cultural backwater for the last 1500 years, and there is zero chance they would praise anything remotely Japanese especially in current political environment.
Its an insecurity complex, same with the Koreans. They claim to dislike Japan. But deep down, they know how far ahead the Japanese are. And this comes with the wartime baggage too, Japanese slaughted a lot of Chinese and Koreans.
But all this being said, Japanese culture, cuisine, appreciation is definitely ahead of the rest of Asia.
*I am Asian.