Exactly. You feel no connection to that event. You do not care because those people did not die for you.El Poncho said:But it isn't my country, or my freedom... If I was chinese I may very well commemorate them every year having been educated about it.Zhukov said:Let me put it yet another way. In the year 575 BC the Battle of Yanling took place between the states of Chu and Jin. A whole lot of Chinese guys died "for the freedom of their countries." Do you genuinely care about this? Are you going to commemorate this every year? Are you going to wear a little flower on your shirt? Salute a flag perhaps? Yes? No?
The people you are honouring are the soldiers from your country, who fought for your freedom.
The chinese guys fought for their country and their freedom.
That is how I feel about the events that you commemorate.