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.
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.
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.