Word: japanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look and not act muscular, but that hasn't stopped others from wondering under what scenarios Beijing would actually use its muscles. It's a question the Chinese themselves are struggling to answer. To begin with, China is surrounded by several other regional powers: Russia, Japan, South Korea and India. And it has special security worries with each nation. Russia's internal chaos could spill into China's already uneasy Western provinces. An India-Pakistan war--something that didn't look too farfetched as the two nations shelled each other last week--would take place right along China's southwestern...
There are also more nuanced worries that some Chinese planners surely suspect could be clarified if China becomes stronger. Exhibit A is China's complex relationship with Japan. While the two nations have extensive trade and technology links, there is a lingering mutual distrust. In both countries there is a passionate sense that one of them ought to be first among political equals in Asia...
...place is a more likely target for Chinese missiles than Taiwan, which Beijing insists is still its own. Recent discussions between Japan, Taiwan and the U.S. about an antimissile defense network in eastern Asia have infuriated Beijing. Even though such a shield is decades away, a "missile-proof" Taiwan would surely continue--and flaunt--its independence, possibly triggering Asia's next...
...years I've coveted my neighbor's satellite dish. And while there's no explicit commandment against it, I knew it wasn't good for me to imagine him, smug in his vibra-chair, watching unusual and exotic programming--sumo wrestling from Japan, I bet, or The Larry Sanders Show reruns--while I was stuck with $50-a-month basic cable plus HBO and no pay-per-view. Last week, I'm delighted to say, I found an excuse to get my own direct-broadcast satellite TV. EchoStar, the second-largest DBS provider in the U.S., has just rolled...
...audiophiles complained that the tinny digital recordings lacked the warmth of analog LPs. Now Super Audio CD, a new format co-created by Sony and Philips, uses a simplified digitization process to put the subtlety of LP sound on clear, hiss-free compact discs. SACD debuts this month in Japan, and will go on sale in the U.S. in the fall. The true test? Whether a generation raised on Discman can tell the difference...