[af_vet_rr]

seems to me that if someone owes you $230 bn you are the on that should be careful

Not if it was a deliberate move on your part to take in that debt so you'd have power over them. It's not the money that's important to the Chinese, it's the influence they have over Japan's finances, just as it is here.

[paul51]

In that case the chinese may learn that if you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes