Interesting Japan and its regionalism push

Comments on Takashi Terada “The rise of China: the impetus behind Japanese regionalism”, 26/07/2009, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/07/26/the-rise-of-china-the-impetus-behind-japanese-regionalism/

This is an interesting article to describe Japan's motives behind its regionalism push.

It provides some supports to the argument that Japan has been unwilling to see other developing nations to improve their living standards and catch up with Japan and be equal with it.

I remember someone blamed that China was ungrateful to Japan's aid in comments to an article earlier on. If Japan was like this, how and why could China be grateful to it?

It is complex regionalism, international economics and politics. This article can serve as a potential reference.

We need true and sincere international cooperation, not the kind of one undermining another or others.

As a by-product, this article also potentially increases the difficulties of Rudd’s push to establish an Asia Pacific Community, because it could be perceived as another tool to contain China.

All nations need to be rational and mature.