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[单项选择] JAPAN INCREASES TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN ASIA
Japan has been the most powerful country in Asia, but it had little trade with the region until now. Now, Japan is doing more trade with Asia than with the rest of the world.
In 1985, the US was Japan’s main customer; Japan exported a third more to the US than to Asia. Now, Asia buys 30%more than the US and three times as much as Europe. Japanese imports from Asia increased by 150% between 1985 and 1995. Japan’s imports amount to $ 60 billion from Asia in 1993, compared to $ 50 billion from the US and $ 24 billion from Europe.
In 1994, Japan invested $ 7.7 billion in Asia. During the next few years, 75% of Japan’s direct investment will be there. Japanese investment in the region is now $ 64 billion, as against US investment of $ 26 billion, or German investment of $ 7 billion.
Thailand expects new Japanese investment to reach $ 8 billion by 1998. Already, Japan controls 90% of Thailand’s auto market
A. Europe
B. The US
C. Asia
[简答题]Japan owes a lot to China. Chinese demand for Japanese goods has helped Japan’s economy recover, while competition has pressured executives to start restructuring Japan’s companies and banks.
Japan is an example of how China is offering two benefits to the global economy. One is the way in which China is acting as an economic engine, buying up ever-increasing amounts of goods and natural resources. The other is the flow of inexpensive Chinese goods that drag down consumer prices across the world.
There are downsides, like the decline of manufacturing industries from Detroit and Perth. Folks in developed economies losing jobs or taking pay cuts would hardly agree that China’s rising influence is a good thing.
But at the moment, China’s 9.5 percent growth rate is proving more of a blessing than a bane for countries like Japan.
Quietly, at the start of this decade, Japanese companies began shifting production abroad, cutting costs, selling off extraneous businesses and pay
[单项选择]Japan’s January trade surplus （）.
A. has jumped more than 40% since last year
B. has jumped about 40% since last January
C. was 5.3 billion dollars
D. was 25 million dollars
