Because successive Japanese governments badly underestimated its consequences, the rise of China has been the third and final shock to Japan’s policy of neo-isolationism. Over much of the past three decades, Japanese firms and official agencies have happily invested hundreds of billions of dollars in China, hoping to bind the two economies together in a way that would end the lingering bitterness from World War II.
因为历届日本政府严重低估其后果，中国崛起第三次也是最后一次冲击了日本的新孤立主义政策。在过去三十年的大部分时间里，日本企业和官方机构兴高采烈地向中国投入了数千亿美元，希望能让两国经济紧密联系在一起，从而结束二战挥之不去的苦涩。