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Originally Posted by Guernsey
Speaking of Chinese, I wonder if Chinese and Japanese are friendly terms nowadays?
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Do you mean the governments or the people as individuals?
The relationship is mixed:
1) They do a lot of business together. Japan, like the US - does a lot of outsourcing to China (though the Japanese aren't total idiots about it like the US is).
2) They are in dispute over several islands.
3) They are in dispute over fishing and mineral/oil extraction rights in shared ocean areas.
4) They both have zealot nationalists who wave their private parts at each other.
5) They have a lot of exchange programs in educations and the arts and sciences.
6) Sometimes the Japanese in China have to worry about idiot zealots threatening them. (Doesn't seem to be a problem for chinese in Japan)
7) They both view North Korea with some chagrin for its destabilizing effect.
Somewhat like the Soviets*cough* I mean Russians and the US... agree on some topics, disagree on others -- yet manage to have things they do together (e.g. space program)