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STRICTLY ADOPT GOOD
ESCHEW UNJUST
AND
AND PROPER CONDUCT, ABHOR EVIL, AND
IMMORAL TRAITS AND PRACTICES.
CONFUCIUS ALSO URGED
EVERYONE ΤΟ PLACE THE GREATEST
IMPORTANCE ON HARD WORK, EDUCATION AND FAMILY TIES. THE
PEOPLES OF THIS VERY LARGE AREA WERE BY VIRTUE OF ALL
IN
THESE INFLUENCES STRENGTHENED SPIRITUALLY AND MORALLY,
TURN EQUIPPING THEM TO BETTER OVERCOME OBSTACLES IN THEIR
RACE TO CATCH UP WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
HISTORICALLY,
THE REGION HAS EMERGED FROM A
COLONIAL ERA AND DURING THE LAST SIXTY YEARS HAS SEEN
MANY FIERCE AND CRUEL WARS.
I AM REFERRING TO THE
JAPANESE INVASION OF MANCHURIA AND CHINA, THE PACIFIC WAR
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM
PERHAPS, THEREFORE, WE CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN
WAR.
OUR FAIR SHARE OF WARS AND CONSEQUENTLY SHOULD SUBSCRIBE
ΤΟ THE VIEW THAT THE REGION CAN AT LONG LAST SETTLE DOWN
AND GET ON WITH NATION-BUILDING.
WHAT WILL EAST ASIAN ECONOMIES LOOK LIKE IN THE
YEAR 2010?
LET'S BEGIN WITH JAPAN, TODAY'S NUMBER
ONE
NATION IN ASIA.