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There's one fundamental difference between China and Japan: Japan doesn't have more land upon which to build, which is what drove much of their housing craze (e

• gaius 17y ago
  Population density is the number one factor for infrastructure. Witness the US cell phone industry compared to Japan.
• cturner 17y ago
  China's population density is far higher in key regions: http://www.demographia.com/db-intlua-area2000.htm http://www.demographia.com/db-intlua-area2000.htm That was more than three years ago - it will be slightly lower in Japan now, and higher in those Chinese regions. > There's one fundamental difference between China and Japan Another that people seem to keep forgetting is that the Japanese people are largely a single people and had something approaching a functional parliamentary system during their rise. The Chinese are trying to maintain centralised planning for the largest show on earth, and their social systems are unhealthy.
  • jhancock 17y ago
    From afar it may seem like central planning is the name of the game in China. On the ground, its highly regional; whith districts inside regions doing their own thing. There are high level "mandates" of sorts and a few central programs that reach deep but its hard for any program to keep control for any length of time. Mostly China is regionally run and managed.