Yes, but isn’t the average age for the Japanese about 75 right now? They are definitely a decaying country.
Also, someone asked why the Japanese would pick now to heat up this conflict. Anybody have any ideas? Seems rather stupid to me.
As for the Chinese, the leaders are more than happy to have people upset over an external enemy rather than being upset with them for the problems in their economy.
Unfortunately, we live in interesting times.
I read that the islands were owned by a private individual and sold to the Japanese. Maybe the Japanese figured, `You snooze, you lose.’
No idea why the dispute except perhaps, as you point out, that the Chinese are having domestic troubles. If you read `The Rape of Nanking’ you can understand why the Chinese are still chapped.
The Japanese are in a demographic death spiral. Just recently they recorded more deaths than births.
In any event, I’m pretty sure that all the problems here are Bush’s fault. Obama should jet over, lecture everyone not to act stupidly and buy beers all around.
1.3 billion beers (and that’s just China) let’s see—I’m going to have to take my shoes off ...