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While I get that [Chinese-Japanese relations are
complicated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre), [American-
Japanese
relations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki)
[are as well](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans);
given how Chinese jargon and terms of art are available, why is it that
English terms are so often given preference?
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Why are English loanwords so much more popular than Chinese ones?
One reason is that English terms sound more often than not foreign and vague
so that you can express it without sounding too severe or direct. Or you could
use it when you want to blur the discussion with fancy things. Personally I
find it unintelligent to use redundant English loanwords.
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As a matter of fact, at least after WWII, Japanese people have been exposed to
and influenced by Western cultures far more than other Asian cultures.
Hollywood movies are more popular than modern Chinese movies, rock music are
more popular than modern Chinese pop music, and so on. I believe the situation
is more or less the same in other Asian countries, too. The majority of new
and cool things come from western countries, and loanwords are no exception.

In addition, from the language perspective, Chinese jargon terms use kanji.
They look too much close to old-fashioned words Japanese people have been
using from more than 1000 years ago. We don't learn Chinese at school, and we
don't know how to tell which Chinese words are new and cool.
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