Almost 70 percent of young Chinese questioned said they could tolerate former Japanese soldiers who have apologized for their past crimes in China, according to a recent survey by the China Youth Daily.

The survey, which was conducted among 2,312 young people who gave their replies on a voluntary basis, shows that 98.9 percent of young Chinese want to "keep in mind the Japanese aggression forever."

Among these young people, 99.6 percent said they are angry at the Japanese invasion, compared with 96.3 percent in a survey conducted by the same organization nine years ago.

Among them, 51.2 percent have family elders who personally experienced the Japanese invasion, down from 60.9 percent in the 1996 survey.

The survey found that 97.9 percent young Chinese respondents said they could not accept the visits of Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese leaders, compared with 96.8 percent in the 1996 survey.

Also, 90.2 percent of respondents said the current Anti-Japanese War memorial activities in China are not enough. Finally, 93.7 percent of people questioned opposed Japanese attempts to obtain a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. 

(Xinhua News Agency August 15, 2005)