Basically what we’ve got is the Hatfields and the McCoys having another go and the sheriff is drunk in another county.
Absolutely. We in the west, are in very young countries. Many western countries didn't exist until the 19th century. Japan and China have tangled with each other for thousands of years. The Japanese remember when Chinese Mongols invaded with 4000 ships and nearly 140,000 men more than 700 years ago, and the Japanese were nearly defeated before storms drove the attackers off Japanese beaches (1274 and 1281 - origin of the term Kamikaze or "divine wind"). Ever since then, they've been wary of attacks from China.