The shi is hitting the fan. Everybody in our industry should be a least a little concerned over the way China is flexing its considerable political and economic muscle on the trade front.
Japanese companies are being barred from participating in a major IT exhibition in China, as rising political tension between the two countries spills over to the technology sector.
Mason Expo, the organizer of the upcoming China IT Expo 2005, said on its Web site that the sanction was prompted by recent actions taken by the Japanese government.
Specifically, the company took issue with Japan's decision to approve local history textbooks that played down the country's role as an aggressor in the Second World War. In addition, Japan's continued bid for a seat in the United Nations Security Council and its territorial dispute with China over Diaoyu Islands also are issues that have angered the global Chinese community, Mason Expo said.
Next thing you know they'll be block American companies from exhibiting because of US support for Taiwan. It's really not a stretch.
One more reason to be alarmed at the Chinese capability to send our economy (and that of any other country tied to the Dollar) into a tailspin should they decide to call in the US debt.
It's getting ugly in Asia. Politics and trade shows is no less pleasant that politics and the Olympics.
"Pure Brightness" indeed. Can't wait for the Japanese response.
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