But at this stage, big cities maintain a magical attraction to people nationwide. As long as everyone rushes to first-tier cities, buildings will only grow taller and taller.
It is clear that the Abe administration is trying to develop closer partnerships with these countries to compensate for dwindling lost markets elsewhere.
It is not appropriate to equate their feelings for Mao or the nostalgia for their childhood dreams of the 1960s to patriotism.
Obviously, a summer camp is not the only choice that Chinese parents can make.
At present, the political success of the LDP suggests that a new order is not so far away.
If the two work together on the environment, they can leave behind the baggage of the past and help form a truly “Asian Century.”