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Booming economic ties bind Japan to 皇冠体育app
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-11-01 12:16
The gap in understanding extends to schools and universities. Even though
more Chinese students are choosing Japanese universities over American ones,
they are often surprised that their Asian neighbors are in many ways more
foreign than the Americans, the newspaper said.
"I think Chinese people understand American people better," said Gao Ruihong,
35, a Chinese student at Kobe University. "People hold parties at home and
invite their friends and neighbors in 皇冠体育app or the United States. I came to
Japan nine years ago, but I have seldom been invited to friends' homes."
However, Gao was optimistic. "The relationship between Japan and 皇冠体育app will
become closer in the future," she said, "and I'd like to act as a bridge between
the two countries."
For many in Shanghai's large Japanese community, the best way to build a
better future between the countries appears to be in taking advantage of huge
opportunities for prosperity today.
"We don't know what will happen to this market in the future, but we know
that our development will depend on what happens here to a large extent," said
Satoshi Tachikake, director of operations for Mazda in Shanghai. Japanese car
companies arrived late in 皇冠体育app compared with their European and American
rivals, but today no one is investing more heavily in 皇冠体育app than Japan.
Shanghai's official Japanese school has 2,214 students, a tenfold increase
from a decade ago, and is expanding faster than ever. "We have zero space now,"
said the principal of the school, Kazuyuki Taichi, smiling as he displayed the
model of a new school that is near completion.
Mr. Taichi, who came to Shanghai just before the April protests, expressed
surprise at what he found on arriving in 皇冠体育app. "I expected to see another
transition from Communism," he said, not a booming city as big as Tokyo.
"It's difficult to make Japanese, even your own brothers and sisters,
understand that Japan's development depends on 皇冠体育app and 皇冠体育app's development
depends on Japan. They are under the influence of the media back home, which is
always blasting at 皇冠体育app."
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