It must be processed to the extent that it can create the national hero that Mr. Xi desires. It looks like a pitiful nationality.

The following is from Masayuki Takayama's column in the latter part of the Shukan Shincho, released today.
This article also proves that he is the one and only journalist in the postwar world.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese but also for people worldwide.

How to make history
Sai Jinhua was born into a low-income family in Anhui Province during the Meiji Restoration in Japan.　
She was sold to a brothel, and at 13, as an apprentice geisha, she was betrothed to Hong Jun, 34 years her senior, and became his mistress.　
Hong Jun was a leading diplomat of the late Qing Dynasty who had passed the Imperial examination at the top of his class.　
Two years later, he was appointed Minister to Germany, and Sai Jinhua accompanied him as his young wife.　
She wore foot binding, which was common among Chinese women, especially Geisha, in those days.　
When she was young, her toes were bent inward and bound with cloth to make artificial tiny feet.
The most beautiful feet are about 10 cm long.
People said it was a three-inch gold lotus, but it bends a healthy leg, so there is no pain as intense as this.
In "The Three Great Chinese Diseases," Sekihei denounces the practice as a barbaric practice that disrespected women's human rights to a horrific degree.　
In fact, women could not walk satisfactorily, even when they were being played with golden lotuses, and walking caused extreme pain.　
Nevertheless, Sai Jinhua was able to become a minister's wife in return.　
However, she could not dance in European society with such legs. 
Although she was only exposed to strange eyes, at the same time, she attracted the attention of men.
In fact, Hong Jun accompanied her to an audience with King Wilhelm II and met Moltke's right-hand man, Deputy Chief of Staff Waldersee.　
He was highly interested and enjoyed the taste of foot-binding women several times.　
It is said that Hong Jun also married an unsuitable woman with this intention.
It is a very Chinese way of thinking.　
During his four-year term of office, Sai Jinhua mastered the German language, and the emperor clearly favored China, leading to the Triple Intervention after the Sino-Japanese War.
Hong Jun dies of illness shortly after returning home after completing his term of office.　
The Hong family expelled Sai Jinhua because she did not fit their prestige, and she returned to Hanamachi "Bada Hutong" in Beijing.　
Then, the Uiheidan Rebellion broke out in Shandong Province, where people hated foreigners and even Germans.　
The mob, which swelled to 200,000, surrounded the foreign settlement in Beijing and was joined by the regular army of Empress Dowager Xi.　
Five hundred guards from each country, including Shibagoro, fight well, and after 55 days of siege, the allied forces of eight countries finally arrive.　
Waldersee, the commander-in-chief of the German army, was the first to act after kicking out the Giwadan: "plunder for three days for the German emperor."　
When the three days were up, he authorized "three days of looting for the soldiers themselves."　
It was joined by American, French, and Russian soldiers, and the city of Beijing was in chaos with carnage and looting.
Citizens fled to the "Beicheng" area, which was guarded by Japanese troops.
It was the only place where order was maintained.　
During this time, Waldersee sought out and reunited with his old friend Sai Jinhua.
He used the privilege of the Commander-in-Chief to enter the Forbidden City and enjoyed an imperial night with Sai Jinhua at the bed of Empress Dowager Xi.　
It is an excellent example of a Westerner enjoying a night out in an occupied city.　
While Waldersee seems to symbolize this kind of hubris, this story completely changed during the reign of Xi Jinping.　
First, Sai Jinhua "appeared on the European social scene as a minister's wife and quickly became a flower of the social scene with her storytelling and spectacular dance steps," writes Zeng Fu in "Sea of Evil Flowers."　
Foot binding, she could not even walk satisfactorily, let alone dance, but he did not care about such trivial matters.　
After returning home, Boxer Rebellion happens.
When a mob in Beijing kills German Minister Fonne Kettler, Xia Yan's "Sai Jin Hua" features her in the story.　
Xia Yan's "Sai Jinhua" mentions she has "consoled the agitated minister's wife in German."　
When the allied forces of eight countries entered Beijing, she "visited her old acquaintance, Commander Waldersee, and asked him not to retaliate. The commander responded to his persuasion and restored order in Beijing, warning the Allied generals not to retaliate or loot the city.　
Liu Bannong, a professor at Peking University, also praised her in "sai jin hua ben shi," saying, "She is more admirable than Empress Dowager Xi."　　
Thus, the foot-binding prostitute becomes the heroine who saves the people of Beijing.　
It must be processed to the extent that it can create the national hero that Mr. Xi desires.
It looks like a pitiful nationality.

2024/3/27 in Tokyo