Introduction
I can’t present my opinion in Chinese afraid of censorship.Please tolerate my broken English.
After fourteen Hong Kong activists landed on Diaoyu island,the territory dispute suddenly intensified.It was not a nice time for both side.On Chinese side,The 18th party congress would be convened in three months: ‘stability’ is chief concern for administration.On Japanese side, the ruling DPJ was ruptured by important politician Ozawa Ichiro.More serious,both sides have bad economy.
So earning a tough reputation abroad is essential for both side at home.Besides that,the sovereignty over this islands means an upper hand in negotiation of oil field in East China Sea.Oil is so important for China which has boosting middle class and for Japan which nearly abandon its nuclear plants that each side doesn’t want to lose this battle.
Some critic compare this dispute to Falkland War between Argentina and Great Britain:a oligarch regime want to orchestrate the unfair-treated citizens’ anger to patriotism, targeting a weakening democratic.In my opinion,the dispute has another meaning:in the global market order,China is not able to escalating from ‘production shop’ demanding more and more energy consumption in order to retain the price competence.Japan gradually falling from innovation country needing more fuel to keep the economy running.
I’d like to cite Foxconn to illustrate what I mean.
Unable rising China:Foxconn enrolling forced vocational college students to fill the vacancies on its assembly line
During summer vocation,nearly 32,000 students from several vocation college in Huai’an,Jiangsu Province was forced to intern in local Foxconn plant, assembling the data wire for iPhone5(The hyperlink directed to a report on Website of NYT,don’t be panic.)
A paradox rise:For overall economy, a better educated workforce means high productivity,better consumption ability even upgrading industry.But for local government, cheap labour force is essential to economy success even it means ‘brain undervalued’.
Every participant to market is economically rational.Why does local government believes a worker on the assembly line would bring more tax than a technician?I can’t figure out the reason,but I confirm that means the overall strategy of ‘upgrading industry’ can’t be implemented in this way.
By low wage,strict governance,assistance from pro-business Chinese government,Foxconn gains dominance in OEM industry.So every electric company which rely on large plant will be takeover target by Foxconn. Unfortunate Sharp, the renowned Japanese company becomes the prey.
Reluctant waning Japan:Foxconn double its stake in Sharp
A renowned company ‘makes products that other companies want to imitate’:ever-sharp pencil,calculator,solar cell,LCD –LCD.It indulges in LCD and dies in LCD.Mr Terry Guo would pay US$850 million to buy 10 percent stake in the company which suffering from falling prices of LCD panels and TVs.
Although Sharp invented bare-eye 3D TV last year,but it comes too late.As a company owns large factory in my home town,it is regarded similar to Jabil Green Point.As a representative of Japanese company,it enjoys low wage in China,maintaining a large profit for fifteen years.However,they stop inventing.Nowadays,Samsung outperform most of them.If they just want to earn profit by low wage,they certainly will be destroyed by the best one-Foxconn.
Tragedy should not happen again
From 1895 to 1945,the enduring war and rival between reluctant waning China and unable rising Japan makes both country and people suffer.I object to shouting patriotic and robbing local business as boxer gang.I think China should remain open to foreign capital,technology,people and commodity.
As a conclusion,I would like to cite the founder of modern China ‘The problem of Diaoyu island should be left to next generation who will be more wise’.I don’t think Chinese administration and people’s deed live up to his expectation.