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Boycotting Japanese goods to hurt China
basket bbs.chinadaily.com.cn  Updated: 2005-04-25 14:29

Some Chinese are calling for a boycott of Japanese goods to deal a blow to Japanese economy. But in my opinion, it will also have great negative effects on China's economic development.

First of all, with the economic globalization, it is more and more difficult to define whether a product is Japanese product or not. What kind of criterion do we use, origin of the brand or place of production? As we all know, many Japanese products are being produced in China. If we all boycott Japanese goods, all the Chinese employed by Japanese enterprises will lose their job.

Second, blindly boycotting Japanese goods will damage China's hard established investment environment and endanger the domestic stability. If we vent our anger towards the Japanese government and right wing on the Japanese investors and enterprises, the regions that house Japanese enterprises may plunge into chaos.

Third, blindly boycotting Japanese may hurt the Japanese that are friendly to China. The Japanese economic circle have contributed to China's economic development and most of the Japanese investors are friendly to China and are opposed to Japanese right wing. If we boycott their products, is this in China's national interest?

In general, we still need Japan's investment and technology and we should never refrain from doing something for fear of a slight risk. If we boycott Japanese products blindly, we, to some extent, are slapping an economic sanction on ourselves.

The above content represents the view of the author only.
 
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