Rounding out our Japanese news... China boycotts Japan

Reacting to perceived Japanese support for revisionist textbooks, the China Chain Store and Franchise Association announced a boycott of 10 Japanese companies. While this may be slightly more impactful than the American boycott of all things French prior to the Iraq war (remember "Freedom Fries"?), globalization will likely gloss this over pretty quickly. Good thing it wasn't the other way around... somebody boycotting China. Imagine the riots at Wal-Mart when those $15 billion in Chinese-made goods don't materialize on the store shelves and customers have to suffer those exorbidant American-made prices...