Fujiko Suda: Worklife

China factor

Jul 23, 2004 23:55 pm / Add a comment

My new acquin­tance and I were talk­ing about our own per­spec­tive about eco­nomic sit­u­a­tion by region. He now lives in Shang­hai, and that gives him a good per­spec­tive about what is really hap­pen­ing in China as well as how China is mak­ing a dif­fer­ence within the region.

When­ever some­one become active and suc­cess­ful, there are many peo­ple who become jeal­ous. They become con­cerned that if some­one else suc­ceeds, chance of suc­cess is likely to dimin­ish. It’s all about divid­ing up whole pie. China is active and suc­cess­ful as man­u­fac­tur­ing site of the world. Many Japan­ese have this atti­tude that if China is suc­cess­ful, Japan will be hurt. Less busi­ness flow­ing Japan’s way, less for­eign cap­i­tal invest­ments. But from the ground level, things look very dif­fer­ent from what one reads in mass com­mu­ni­ca­tion pub­li­ca­tion. China may man­u­fac­ture, but ser­vices and prod­ucts that are needed for man­u­fac­tur­ing are ordered fre­quently to Japan. There­fore com­pa­nies who are posi­tioned to pro­vide what China needs are very suc­cess­ful now.

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