Japan - thinking long term about China

Relations may be strained now but since China's rise is inevitable, say some observors, Japan best think hard about how to improve them. In an interesting variant on the 'rise of China' prophecy a recent opinion piece in the Japanese media pointed out that China may not be as monolithic as it once was and sources of contention may not always be guided by the states deliberate policy, e.g. the suggestion is that neither the submarine incursion or the drilling disputes over mineral rights were on the direct orders of the Chinese political leaders. In which case, while calling the government to account, it is ultimately in Japans interest to make more effort to attract those, from this more fragmented China, who are more 'internationally minded' more from the Asahi Shimbun...