Chinese Prime Minister Welcomed in Japan
Chinese Prime Minister is now in Japan. He has addressed in the Diet, the Japan's national legislative assembly.
He said that he would highly appreciate Japan's apology for its illegal activities during the Sino-Japanese war.
All the Japanese Diet lawmakers applauded the Chinese Prime Minister.
(Chinese Prime Minister Mr. Wen Jiabao really looks like a type of Japanese; it is a non-nonsense type.)
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IMF has issued an economic forecast.
In 2007, Japan's economic growth rate is expected to be 2.3% while the U.S. 2.2%, India 8.4%, and China 10%.
It is true that Chinese economy is still growing at a rapid pace. But, emergence of the bubble is apparently observed.
Besides, traditionally, China never presents honest and accurate data to enemies or potential enemies. Also the economy based on 1.3 billion consumers cannot be so easily and accurately measured unless the country has very advanced information system all over the nation. I suppose that 10% error may be the norm in their published figures.
For example, among 1.45 million companies in manufacturing and related industries, only about 5% of them has become a target of industrial pollution survey in China.
Experts in Japan are all concerned with economic and social states of China after 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games and 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
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When China and India have expanded its presence in the international stage and their substantial influences have landed on the U.S., an American point of view on races might change.
I mean that European Americans might come to more appreciate African Americans and Hispanics.
(Japanese media have also turned their eye on the "IMUS" happening. And some of them never miss a chance to introduce Mr. Gingrich's "Ghetto Language" comments.
Unless European Americans find other identification with a new sense of status, they might have a hard time in dealing with Indians, Chinese, Arabs, and any other races in the world gaining economic and political power and claiming their racial merits.
In addition, after all, European Americans will appreciate Japan and Japanese Americans more than ever in this context.)
"EVEN GREATER"