But in the end the focus must be on Japanese terror, not Chinese faults. Chinese missteps were the result of a war they had never sought. In contrast, the Japanese behavior was inexcusable. As Durdin pointed out, “The Japanese appear to want the horrors to remain as long as possible, to impress on the Chinese the terrible results of resisting Japan,” adding, “Nanking today is housing a terrorized population who, under alien domination, live in fear of death, torture, and robbery. The graveyard of tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers may also be the graveyard of all Chinese hopes of resisting
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