OssanII said...

OssanII at 09:19 PM JST - 7th April

The idea that China could lead an Asian economic bloc is predicated on a continued linear growth of it's economy over the last few years. That simply isn't going to happen in light of the current global economic scenario. Wishful thinking and Nationalist fervor not withstanding, China does not have…

Posted in China could surpass Japan in nominal GDP soon at 09:19 PM JST - 7th April
OssanII at 08:32 AM JST - 7th April

Those excercises definitely seem to work. Congratulations Ms Hoshino. Please keep it up.

Posted in Aki Hoshino promotes new DVD photo book at 08:32 AM JST - 7th April
OssanII at 08:27 AM JST - 7th April

I'm actually surprised that China still is that far away fron surpassing Japan as the second largest economy in the world. The way most C-supporting posters picture it China was already ruler of the planet. Anyway, this forecast is optimistic. The US is already in a recession. Watch what happens…

Posted in China could surpass Japan in nominal GDP soon at 08:27 AM JST - 7th April
OssanII at 08:23 AM JST - 7th April

Chuck was one of my all time favorites. Not only in the old 50s/60s classics but in Planet of the Apes and he was "The" original Omega Man, way before Will Smith. Perhaps his famous line "Let my people go!" is rather appropriate for the Tibet issue now going on.…

Posted in Tributes pour in for Charlton Heston at 08:23 AM JST - 7th April
OssanII at 10:47 PM JST - 4th April

Despite Rudd's personal inclination towards China, politically and strategically Australia remains in the Anti-China Club.

Posted in Japan, U.S., Australia to hold security talks April 18 in Hawaii at 10:47 PM JST - 4th April
OssanII at 10:44 PM JST - 4th April

Making fun of the JDSF for doing only "not combat assignments" and being protected by other nation's troops is assinine because if they did anything otherwise the very same critics would be screaming about WWII and Imperial Japanese soliders running rampant again. You can't have it both ways.

Posted in U.N. sounds out Japan on sending troops to Sudan for demining at 10:44 PM JST - 4th April
OssanII at 01:18 AM JST - 3rd April

"While no country gave Germany, rated for the first time this year, an overall negative rating, two countries—China and South Korea—continued to have a majority negative view of Japan."

I wonder how China and South Korea rated in this poll.

Posted in Japan, Germany top list of positively rated countries: BBC poll at 01:18 AM JST - 3rd April
OssanII at 01:15 AM JST - 3rd April

Well it's rather obvious at this point that all the anti-China people were right all along when they claimed that China wasn't qualifed to host the 08 Olympics.

Posted in Olympics fail as reform catalyst for China: Amnesty Int'l at 01:15 AM JST - 3rd April
OssanII at 01:09 AM JST - 3rd April

Tibet is one thing but was the Emperor planning to eat frozen gyoza over there? Seriously, I think that the J-Emp should go to Beijing, making it clear that way back his father ran a fascist militant country that invaded and occupied other countries too, and that Japan is a…

Posted in Imperial family likely to skip Olympics at 01:09 AM JST - 3rd April
OssanII at 07:48 AM JST - 2nd April

It's about the we, and the rest of the world started telling the Chinese government to stuff it and that we aren't buying their lame excuses anymore. On the different but related note, it is now believed that China will lose it's low labor cost advantage that has fueled it's…

Posted in U.S. rebuts China, calling Dalai Lama ''man of peace' at 07:48 AM JST - 2nd April