After the end of World War II, why was Japan not afraid of China s rapid rise?

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The post-war Japanese economy can generally be divided into a period of post-war revival from 1945 to 1955, followed by a period of rapid growth, and then a period of stable development after the 1973 oil crisis.

After the war, Japan's economy was democratized by the occupation forces, which laid a new foundation for its take-off. This democratization of the economy refers to the "dismantling of the basic chaebol", "agricultural reform", and "labor reform".

On the other hand, in terms of industry. Since 1947, the Japanese economy has been on the track of economic revival, although it has been accompanied by inflation, and the Japanese economy has been on the track of economic revival despite inflation. In what has been called a "period of panic in stability", vast numbers of people have been forced to save and large amounts of money have flowed into big business.

This has helped the development of large corporations since then, but it has led to the closure of small and medium-sized enterprises, an increase in unemployment, and growing social unrest. At this time, the Korean War broke out in June 1950, and Japan's production activities increased by leaps and bounds due to the special needs of the war, and in fiscal 1951 real GDP soon returned to its pre-war level.

The peace treaty was signed in September 1951, and the occupation period came to an end. With the end of the Korean War, the industry was plunged into a rebellious recession that was frequent. However, this is only a small break in the transition to high economic growth.

In the 10 years since 1955, Japan's economy has grown at an average rate of 8 per cent in real terms, and for almost 14 centuries, the Japanese economy has continued to grow at the highest rate in the world. In 1955, Japan's GDP was the seventh largest among capitalist countries, but 12 years later, in 1967, it was ranked second

There are many reasons for the rapid development, and the following can be listed:

1. Post-war democratic reforms.

2. Active investment of enterprises.

3. Abundant high-quality labor.

4. High savings rate.

5. Active technology introduction.

6. High-quality education.

7. Relatively light military spending.

8. Labor relations, social and political stability, etc.

Admittedly, in addition to the above-mentioned reasons, we cannot ignore people's ambition to "catch up with and surpass the developed countries."

There were many factors that contributed to Japan's post-war recovery and its economic miracle, but two reasons were decisive: first, the United States blocked the leakage of opening its market to it and put Japan into the international economic system dominated by the United States after the war; The second is the role of domestic institutional factors, especially various industrial policies. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, its domestic economy was hit hard by the war, and its GDP accounted for about half of that of 1934-1936 (that is, before the full-scale invasion of China), and its industrial production was only about one-tenth of that of the same period. Inflation is serious and people's livelihood is difficult. When MacArthur first took over Japan in September 1945, the official U.S. instruction to him was to "not assume responsibility for restoring and prospering the Japanese economy."

In other words, in the early postwar period, the United States did not want Japan's economic situation to continue to deteriorate, but it did not think about how to make it prosperous. This had something to do with the international environment at that time, when the allies, including China, were considering how to make Japan pay compensation and deal with war criminals, and the mainstream view in the economy was that Japan could not be made stronger. The Allies were dismantling the machines to pay for the war reparations; At the same time, they are also considering how to break up the Japanese zaibatsu.

It is generally believed that the zaibatsu are the economic foundation of Japanese militarist state capitalism, and in order to eliminate the hidden dangers of this system, it is necessary to socialize these large business conglomerates.