China question appears to be political and strategic rather than economic, Had the Chinese not disrupted their markets, had there not been so many disturbances and probable that Japan's stake in China's commerce would have been much larger and that Japan "then would Ihave taken a keener interest in China. But the fact remains that since 1919, China has not been a good market and Japan has had to adjust to these changed conditions, to seek business elsewhere, to develop new markets to provide for other conditions. The result is that today, when one mentions China, except in circles which specialize in the China trade, there is an expression of boredom and annoyance. The present boycott is hardly affecting Japan, as will be shown later, in her economic conditions, but it has set up an Irritability, a. desire to see it through to the end, an unwillingness to what Japanese in tions, to such fan extent that I concluded during my visit to Japan, that the Government was milder' and more friendly to China than the average Japanese businessman or capitalist. They seem to be weary of China and' they are looking for more pleasant pastures.
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