Why does Timor-Leste hate the Japanese and only be friendly with China?

After World War II, national independence and liberation movements were launched all over the world, so countries sprang up like mushrooms after rain. The total number of countries in the world has rapidly increased from more than 50 before the station to more than 200 after the war. Many countries, especially some small countries, won their independence through hard struggle. For example, the following small country was established in 2002. After independence, the world powers rushed to win over, and Japan even directly gave 5 billion aid, but this country ignored it and said: We are only close to China.

The history of East Timor can be traced back to the Paleolithic Age. Archaeological studies have found that the earliest human activities in Timor Island were about 20,000 to 40,000 years ago. From the 6th century, China entered the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was the most brilliant stage of ancient China society. Its economy is prosperous, its national strength is strong, its science and technology and culture are progressing, and its production and construction capacity is unparalleled in the world. During this period, the communication between China and the world was unprecedented in depth and breadth, which also promoted the great development of navigation technology in China. At that time, China's shipbuilding technology was unique in the world, and the ships built were second to none in terms of technical level, firmness and tonnage. The flight route of Datang Fleet has been as far away as Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, India, Ceylon and even the Arabian Sea. Western historians speculate that China people may have arrived in Timor during this period, but unfortunately there is no exact historical data to confirm it.

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty (about AD 1225), Zhao compiled Zhufanzhi, which recorded the geography, customs and products of 53 countries. Zhu Fanzhi has not received due attention in China. At the beginning of the 20th century, Eriedrich Hirth, a German scholar, and W·W· Rockhill, an American scholar, translated and annotated it, and published His Works on China-Arab Trade in the 23rd Century under the English name CHAU HU-KUA. A book named Collection of Songs of the South was published and introduced to the West, which is generally considered as the beginning of Western Sinology. For East Timor, the status of various local chronicles is even more important, because there is a place named "Dibei" or "Timon" in the book. This is the first time that Timor Island has appeared in literature and history books, and it is the first imprint of Timor Island in human history. China's high prosperity since the Tang Dynasty made it possible for human beings to conquer the ocean. It is in this historical background that Timor Island entered the historical stage.

This country is one of the youngest countries in the world, East Timor, located on the east side of Timor Island in Indonesia. The land area is only 1.4 million square kilometers, which is the area of a city in China. The population is even smaller, only 1.3 million. Although East Timor is a small country, its strategic position is very important. This is the intersection of Oceania and Southeast Asia, an important shipping point in the Pacific Ocean, and more importantly, the coast of East Timor is rich in oil resources.

It can be said that it is a small place, located on an island, and people here can say that there are many lives. In the sixteenth century, there was no country here and it was ruled by other countries. People here have little sense of belonging because they have been plundered by various countries like trophies. Finally, in the middle of16th century, after several years of stability, it was invaded by the Portuguese. Of course, for the people here, it's actually no big deal, just a new ruler. But I didn't expect the Netherlands to come soon and divide this place into two countries, East and West.

By the eighteenth century, Britain began to become powerful. He also came here to grab resources. Under the interference of these big countries, the life of the people on the island is really unstable at all. And many local people have already gone to other countries for a long time. So now people here are basically immigrants. However, it is these immigrants who gradually have the desire for independence.

1982, the United Nations General Assembly decided whether East Timor was independent by voting system, and China was the first to vote in favour. It was not until 2002 that East Timor succeeded in becoming independent. After independence, China was the first country to establish diplomatic relations. Although East Timor was neglected in the past, all countries have now extended an olive branch to it. The first reason is that East Timor's proven oil resources are very rich, and the second reason is that its geographical position is dominant. Japan attaches great importance to East Timor. When the People's Republic of China was founded, it wanted to lend them 5 billion yen at low interest for development, but it was strongly opposed by the East Timorese people.

During the Wenchuan earthquake in China, Timor-Leste took the lead in donating US$ 500,000 to the disaster area. Don't think that this is less, this country is not rich. The money was donated after the citizens tightened their belts. This shows that Timor-Leste really regards China as a brother.

Because East Timor is rich in resources, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Japan began to show goodwill to East Timor and provided it with low-interest loans of about 5 billion yen. However, East Timor did not appreciate this and resolutely rejected Japan's kindness.

As a country with clear love and hate, the relationship between Timor-Leste and China has always been very friendly. During the 15 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, China has provided a lot of help to the development of East Timor, and East Timor has also provided a lot of timely support to China at an appropriate time. East Timor's first donation to foreign governments after the founding of the People's Republic of China was donated to China. At that time, after the Wenchuan earthquake, although the economy of East Timor was relatively backward, it still donated 500,000 US dollars to the disaster area.

China once built the main hall of the presidential palace in East Timor, and East Timor named it the Great Hall of the People of China.

In the friendly diplomatic relations, the people of Timor-Leste and China have forged a profound friendship.