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> "given how people aren't fretting about Japan."

They aren't fretting about Japan anymore. But in the 1980s there was an anti-japan screed equivalent for just about anything you read today about China.

With regards to economics anyway.

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There is a fun Michael Crichton book (and a subsequent movie) that captures the "fretting" quite well IMHO. It's called Rising Sun.

Don't forget about the 80's flick, Gung Ho, where a Japanese Company takes over an American Car plant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_Ho_(film)

Somewhere in the book boxes I have an autographed copy of that book which he sent me as lagniappe along with a check as payment for a little Mac shareware program I had then.

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