Is anyone paying attention to China/Japan dispute?

[bigt1]

The way I look at is we have the 7th Fleet plus tens of thousands of Marines in Japan so China will not prod too hard.

[Deleted]

I've been following this as well. They haven't started rioting in Shanghai (where I live), which I'm glad for.
The Chinese were also calling for a ban on Japanese products, which would, as far as I heard, have a very negative effect on the Japanese economy.
H's company sends out emails when things start to get crazy, so I'm keeping my eye on those. We've also been planning on visiting Beijing in a few weeks, hopefully we won't need to reconsider that trip. I'm not really sure what would happen, what we would do, if Japan was to go to war...

[basilosaurus]

Oh, yeah, that's been going on a bit. I don't think it will come to war, but what do I know? I know there were some contentious moments a month or 2 ago, and it still didn't escalate.

[Deleted]

Japanese firms in China suspended production today due to anti-Japan protests.
uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/18/uk-china-japan-idUKBRE88E01K20120918

[marie427]

I am going to have to read up on this. I had no clue any of this was going on. I'm going to blame the American media instead of my own ignorance.

[Deleted]

Well, all I can say is that its nice to hear about some potential violence that doesnt have god involved!

[smock]

If China partially blames the US, is this going to affect their willingness to buy up our government debt?