CoreyL comments

Economics goes both ways... if China goes under because of war, then Japan, SK and NK goes under as well, so all dreams of prosperity would end, not just China's.

China isn't going to go to war for some islands. In fact China has succeeded in gaining support from Taiwan, and to a certain degree, stirred up some old "business" between SK and Japan. The amount of support for both Japan and China is basically at equilibrium. I've seen japanese actresses as well as british journalists support the Chinese claim. On top of that. China is playing the "economic" card, which seems to have some effect. Soon that will spread to Korea and even Taiwan. Japan's negotiation with Taiwan for fishing rights also seems to be some kind of "weakness".

Basically, the Chinese are taking this nice and slow and tearing down the all brick by brick...

First of all, China is not a communist state, a true communist state has never existed in China. Second of all, it is a fallacy, ad hominem, to attack a single party state of claiming territory (that could be theirs). And according to basroil's logic, it seems that only Japan's pre-WWII government can claim the islands because that is the "original government".

Article 9 of the Japanese constitution prohibits the use of military force to settle diplomatic disputes. Therefore it is impossible for Japan to invade anybody. China on the other hand....

So basically Japan is prohibited by a law IMPOSED on them that states that they cannot invade another country. That doesn't really reflect how the people really think...

LOL. I think it is more probable that Japan would invade China than China would invade Japan. Just look at history...

LOL. What would have happened if China did this??

The conflicts between China and Japan will without a doubt hurt the Chinese and Japanese economically, but the question is who will be hurt the most? China's growth is slowing down and Japan isn't exactly in a comfortable position due to it's rising yen and the tsunami last year. If one side doesn't back down from that stupid island dispute it's going to pass the point of no return. Japan cannot hope to use its economy to "punish" China anymore and China can't really risk it.

Kinda surprised at the level of the Chinese boycott. First airlines, tourism and then cars. Well it looks like the Japanese can look for other markets while the Chinese buy BMW and mercedes.

Do we still educate Germany on how they (those children born in 2002) killed jews?

Yes, Germany does educate its own people about its own history. Holocaust denial is illegal in Germany and in many European countries. Germans have to register just to own a copy of Mein Kampf. Nazi flags cannot be displayed publically. Education makes all the difference dude.

HK is my favorite city. Very international and full of life.

The island dispute is blown wayyyyyyyyyyy out of proportion already. It's no longer just about the islands anymore.

I agree that Japan should educate its ppl about WWII, like the US educating its people about Vietnam and the atrocities against Native Americans. Japan treated WWII differently than how Germany treated WWII. Each nation has its moment in history where it was not its most glorious moment, and it is important to understand that instead of shelving it.