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 * __Human Rights:__**

Those living in China don't have much freedom. A student in Japan, Utagawa, says that the riots occurring in China, is China's fault. Japan believes the government in China is brainwashing its people, telling them that Japan is a bad country. The student also comments, "The fact that there are riots is not surprising when you look at Chinese textbooks- they devote so many pages to Japanese massacres and saying that Japan has never apologized and so on."

Although the Chinese government doesn't give their people freedom of speech, a young man; Junki Ishimura, reports that he has two friends that are Chinese at school. They are very rebellious and if the teachers "tell them off for something" the two students will deny that they did anything.

The current Constitution in China, revised in 1982, assured Chinese citzens many rights, including "feedom of speech, of press, of assembly, of association, of procession, and of demonstration". Comparable rights were promised way before the instalation of the People's Republic of China in early October 1949. A few days before the PRC was established, there was a temporary constitution in place. The fifth article in that document conveyed that citezins "shall have freedom of thought, speech, publication, assembly, association, correspondence, person, domicile, change of domicile, religious belief and the freedom of holding processions and demonstrations." Fu Ying asked "Where are these rights today?". However, Fu cannot say those rights were coerced on China by the West. In fact, these ideas were envisioned by China itself.

__**Global Interdependence:**__

Japan and China have both a good and bad relationship with one another. A survey conducted by Yomiuri Shimbun and the official Xinhua News Agency found that 45 percent of the Japanese say the ties with China are good. 50 percent of Chinese also said that the ties between Japan and China are good. However, 47 percent of Japanese and 43 percent of the Chinese said that the ties between the two countries are bad. The Japanese say that the Chinese are their neighbors and many Japanese people enjoy traveling to China on holidays. Japan and China also trade items, whProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 h is becoming very important within the two countries.

In the year 2006 Japan and China began to build their trading upon their trading relationship. Exports between the two totaled $118.4 billion and imports totaled $92.9 billion.

__**Environment:**__

Japan has made major contribution toward China. Japan had contributed to environmental policy, human resource development, environmental management, and construction of physical infrastructure. Japan wants to resolve the environmental issues occurring in China and is making major contributions towards the improvement of the environment and having those, living in China, more aware of their environmental situation. Grant aid was supplied to China by Japan to help with the expansion of "training and educational facilities and programs" because these are areas where the Chinese government has failed. China has major environmental issues and have failed to seek a way to resolve them. In return, Japan has stepped in and have created a program with China, the ten-year-old Sino- Japan Friendship Centre for Enviromental Protection, which is strictly on solving the enviromental issues in China.

__**Tolerance and diversity:**__

Those living in Japan don't have a problem with the Chinese. A constuction worker, Chin, who lives in Japan reports, "you watch the protests on TV and it make you wonder." Chin also says, "There are people who want to talk about the differences between us, but Japan and China are both Asian countries. We need to see beyond our problems and start working together."

Since 1999, Shintaro Ishihara has been a politicial, author, and governor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Shintaro Ishihara is very critical of the Chinese government. He is known for "controversial support of Japanese nationalism, historical revisionism," and Ishihara makes frequent vistits to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine. In Japan, Ishihara is known as the "far right" politician. However, in the Chinese media he is labeled as 'racist', 'nationalist', 'militarist', and 'anti- China.' During an interview by Southern People Weekly, Shintaro Ishihara says, "I love Chinese culture, but not the Chinese Communist Party."

__ **Questions:** __

What effects have you taken to interact with China?

Effects Japan has taken to interact with China is providing them with "yen" loans and technical cooperation and making major contributions in solving China's enviromental issues. The "yen" loans focus on concepts such as the enviromental policy, management systems and physical infrastructure. Japan has also helped China with their enviromental industry, specifically, technology transfer and human resources development. Since Japan is supplying aid to China, this made expansion of training, eductional facilites, and programs possible.

Have you promoted a positve relationship with China?

Japan has promoted a positive relationship with China in the current years. However, in the past, Japan and China didn't have a positive relationship because of the war the Chinese and Japanese had over money. In the more recent times, Japan trades with China and is a major aid in providing help with China's environmental issues, as well as the development of the country.

Do you intend on promoting the progress of China?

Japan does intend on promoting the progress of China. Japan wants to see China grow because they are said to be "neighbors" and help establish the things the Chinese government has failed at. Japan is making major contributions to China to see the government improve, including China's overall country. Japan wants to stop the riots and better the environment. Japan has already supplied aid to China and has committed to program that focuses mainly on China's environmental issues.

What impact will China have on the next 50 years of world history?

There is a severe problem in China with over population. By the year 2020 it is thought that, China's working class, ages 15-65, will totaled over 1 billion. Therefore, new jobs will need to be created for the accession of the population. Over these years China is expected to have an over abundance of citizens. Not only do they have a population problem now, but 50 years from now the problem will be worse. This then makes the problem of food and water supply more urgent. With China's viable land facing problems like agriculture and industrial pollution, they will need to find other ways to provide food to their families, or other places for farming. With all the pollution China puts out, it is thought that they will become extremely dependent on food imports from other countries.

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