在民族主义在亚洲全面崛起的今天，领导人有很强的激励炮制历史为其所用，而对于这个目的，很少有历史记忆能和痛苦的羞辱史一样有效。
With nationalism on the rise across Asia, leaders have strong incentives to craft a version of history that advances their cause, and few historical memories are as effective for this purpose as those of traumatic humiliation.