My understanding is that the Japanese think of it he absence of Chinese as a good thing
Well in 1937, the Chinese thought that the absence of Japanese was a good thing.
Oh, definitely a move toward less foreigners the better is going on there. The news has been very interesting to watch the last few months and while I was there the whole Taiwain thing hit the front pages, and it was amazing to see them not backing down a single centimeter. First time I’ve seen that in forever.