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Japan - Land of the Rising Sun
Naoto Kan – new PM
Kuril Islands – source of dispute with Russia
Was world’s second and Asia’s largest economy but well
ahead of China in per capita income
Oldest still ruling Royal House in the world
Monarch sits on Chrysanthemum Throne
No standing army
No manufacture, supply or storing of nuclear weapons
Okinawa issue with USA
[China overtakes Japan as second largest economy]
China - 3rd Largest by Area
Hu Jintao – President; Wen Jiabao – PM
Is building GWADAR port in Pakistan, also Karakoram Highway
to Pakistan – Port in Sri Lanka
World’s largest FOREX reserves – more than $1 trillion
Built THREE GORGES DAM on Yangtze River (the long river),
world’s largest hydro-electric dam
Built world’s highest railway – linking Lhasa in Tibet with
Golmund; nicknamed Qing-1
Manufacturing hub of world
Third largest economy – [China now second largest]
Claims Arunachal, disputes Sikkim
Economy capitalist, polity communist
Promoting civilian nuclear deal with Pakistan
Google exits China over censorship
China views Kashmir as disputed territory
Thailand