萨摩耶幼犬喂养方法:Japan considering sharp cut in aid to China with economy overtaken

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Japan considering sharp cut in aid to China with economy overtaken


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The following report is from Japan Today----


Tokyo is considering drastically cutting back on its aid to China given that Japan’s economy has lost its position as the world’s second biggest to China, government sources said Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has instructed his deputies to examine the feasibility of reducing the size of ongoing grants and technical cooperation to China so the government can thrash out a plan on the matter around June, the sources said.

Japan began extending aid to China in 1979 and had provided a total of 3.32 trillion yen in loans, 154.4 billion yen in grants and 170.4 billion yen in technical cooperation by fiscal 2009. Japan stopped offering fresh loans in fiscal 2007.

In the fiscal year through March 2010, Tokyo disbursed 1.3 billion yen in grant aid and 3.3 billion yen in technical cooperation in such areas as environment protection and energy-saving projects.

Some officials believe providing such aid to China no longer suits the purpose of assisting developing countries as China outranks Japan in economic output, the sources said.

Others fear a possible negative impact from severing such aid as it has helped improve anti-Japanese sentiment among Chinese people and facilitate an environment in which Japanese firms can do business in China, according to the sources.

Some within the government also note there is still room for Japan to exercise influence through aid to China, citing the growing disparity between the rich and poor and people’s concern over environmental destruction.

China ranks below the world’s top 100 countries in per capita gross domestic product, according to the Chinese government. The country is also estimated to have more than 150 million people living below the poverty line—more than Japan’s entire population.

In the possible review the government envisions ending fresh aid to China in principle but perhaps offering official development assistance when judged inevitable in a budgetary framework outside that for ODA, they said.

Japan will keep offering aid for the projects that are currently being implemented, the sources said.

A senior Foreign Ministry official also said Japan will continue for the time being to provide grant aid for a project to support young Chinese bureaucrats who study in Japan as it contributes to fostering Japan experts.

Behind the review of the China-bound aid policy was worsening Japanese public sentiment toward China following maritime collisions last September near the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands in the East China Sea, they added.


Japan’s islet disputes are unfolded with almost all its important neighbors---China, Russia and South Korea, and its hawkish foreign policies have plunged the country into a diplomatic morass, in addition to its domestic troubles.

It is not the right time for Japan to make enemies, as it is in a decline in strength and influence, admit it or not.




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