When one goes to Japan, nearly everything is done to very high standards - hygiene, food, clothes, buildings,trains, roads, road signs, farms, shops, products, crafts and artisans, mannerisms, and even their culture. Its the same with their treatment of their environment and nature.
When one goes to China, the good things are in history - great wall, terra cotta warriors etc.
I always wondered despite their proximity, similar roots compared to other main ethnic groups where the fork in the road ocurred. The Koreans in the last 30 years have powered ahead and now have created their own identity.
Even when you talk to the natives of the 3 cultures, the Chinese will inevitably go back to his history, the Japanese will not talk about his history but his culture and the Korean will talk about their recent ascendency.
China is a behemoth and scale alone seems to be the only singular factor for its place on the world stage.
What gives?
When one goes to China, the good things are in history - great wall, terra cotta warriors etc.
I always wondered despite their proximity, similar roots compared to other main ethnic groups where the fork in the road ocurred. The Koreans in the last 30 years have powered ahead and now have created their own identity.
Even when you talk to the natives of the 3 cultures, the Chinese will inevitably go back to his history, the Japanese will not talk about his history but his culture and the Korean will talk about their recent ascendency.
China is a behemoth and scale alone seems to be the only singular factor for its place on the world stage.
What gives?