CHINA AS VIEWED BY JAPAN
THE ECONOMIC BALKANS “
The Economic Balkans is the term which the Yorozu applies to China in one of its editorials discussing the economic situation of China with reference to Japan. Britain and the United States. The attitude of national superiority, disparagement of Chinese and Koreans, the aspira- tion to make the former more patriotic, less covetous, and more pro-Japanese, constitute a veri»: table hotch-potch of nationalist arrogance, while the writer is evidently quite unaware of the feelings that his sentiments are likely to arouse among non-Ja- panese. The article, which is presurably intended only for home consumption, reads --
"It was generally surmised that after the war Chins would be a stage for keen commercial competition among the Powers; and the surmise is now steadily materialising. The United States has been the first to step into the arena, eager for the fray, and is now doing her utmost in order to extend her influence whether in regard to loans or commercial operations. The anti-Japanese morement in China is the out- core of her activities. The Americans seem to be labouring under an illusion in regard to China's uncultivated natural resources, taking it for granted that because her territory is vast her undeveloped wealth must also be vast. This may be true in some respects. At the same time it should be borne in mind that China is an old country boasting of a history that covers thirty centuries surely a sufficient time to develop her resources exhaus- tively. at least so far as lay in the
of power
the old civilisation: although there may be some resources left for modern civilisation to work upon. In this respect, China is dif ferent from a fresh country new- ly discovered. This fact, which is thoroughly appreciated by the British, seeme little understood by the Americans. In the cir- cumstances, it is extremely annoying to us Japanese that in their eagerness to acquire economic concessions in China, every obstacle they encounter they consider as deliberately placed by Japan in their way, especially as this is an entirely erroneous view. Japan under- stands China better than America does. Japan's operations
in China do not clash with Amer ican interests in that country. It is rather Britain that will be affected by America's activities in China.
JAPAN'S SPECIAL POSITION.
The greater part of the goods produced in China must necessarily be consumed, by the Chinese themselves, who re- present one-fifth of the entire population of the world, so that there is little margin left that is.. available for exportation. It is for this reason that China's' export trade is far smaller in volume than Japan's though of a longer standing. Allowing for the extensive territory of China, her exports are less than one- tenth of Japan's. The standard of living is also far lower there than it is here. For purposes of "profitable investment, therefore.
the country is not a most desirable field. If German commerce showed remarkable development in China before
the war, that was because Ger- man goods were much cheaper
than English. There will be no
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