中国抗战被缺席:澳大利亚中学历史教材中的二战与中国

Absence of Chinese Anti-Japanese War from WWII in Australian High School History Textbooks

澳大利亚中学历史教材讲述二战中的亚太战场时,对日作战的主角是美国和澳大利亚,极少描述中国的抗日,中国抗战史被写成了一部被占和撤退的苦难史而非抗争史,造成了中国抗战在有关二战的叙事中被缺席。同时,一些教材虽提及南京大屠杀,但叙述篇幅和内容远少于犹太人大屠杀,甚至作为事件的重要性还不如原子弹轰炸日本。这种带有西方中心论色彩的历史建构,不利于澳大利亚中学生客观认识中国历史和形成正确的中国观。

In the description of war against Japan in Asia-Pacific region during World War II in Australian high school history textbooks,the main story is not Chinese resistance to Japan,but the war against Japan by U.S.A and Australia.And also the history of Chinese anti-Japanese war is described as a history of Chinese retreat and Chinese suffering from losing territory,not as a history of Chinese fighting against Japanese invasion.Thus,China as a resistant power in the anti-Japanese war was absent from the narrative of WWII in the textbooks.Also in Australian textbooks,the Rape of Nanjing,though it is mentioned in many textbooks,is not narrated as much as the Holocaust,and even as an historical event it is less important than the dropping of atomic bombs.Such historical construction,with its west-centric perspective,is not helpful for Australian high school students to learn Chinese history objectively and to form a proper view of China.