China has 1.5 billion people .Japan is a small island the size of california with an aging childless population. You are comparing apples and organges.
The US government AND china teamed up to destroy US industry
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“You are comparing apples and organges.”
I was comparing what people are saying today about China with what people were saying about Japan in the 1980s. It was strikingly similar: Imports from Japan were going to destroy our manufacturing base; Japan was going to buy up all of out valuable domestic assets; Japan was going to dominate world trade; ... etc.