Over the last couple of weeks, there have been demonstrations in China against Japan's petition to become a member of the UN Security Council.
The rhetoric that is being shouted by the thousands of protestors is hauntingly similar to the kinds of slogans that are being hurled at the US.
Interestingly enough, the Chinese government itself says it has no power to quell the demonstrations, and yet at the same time, it wants to preserve its trading relationship with Japan.
My guess is that China will continue to smile sweetly and do business with Japan as long as it serves their purpose. When China (and India) emerges as a true world power, it will be "sayonara" to the good relations unless China, India and Japan form the building blocks for an Asian Union (similar to the EU), which would leave the US very vulnerable economically.
Miulang
The rhetoric that is being shouted by the thousands of protestors is hauntingly similar to the kinds of slogans that are being hurled at the US.
Interestingly enough, the Chinese government itself says it has no power to quell the demonstrations, and yet at the same time, it wants to preserve its trading relationship with Japan.
My guess is that China will continue to smile sweetly and do business with Japan as long as it serves their purpose. When China (and India) emerges as a true world power, it will be "sayonara" to the good relations unless China, India and Japan form the building blocks for an Asian Union (similar to the EU), which would leave the US very vulnerable economically.
Miulang