The Past Is Present

from shanghaiist.com

So it's gone beyond the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands now (http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2012/09/survivor-senkakudiaoyu.html), and ~ the recent rescue of a Chinese balloonist by the Japanese coast guard notwithstanding ~ some are wondering just what the future has in store for Japan and China. Others are looking to the past to determine which country is to blame for the rising tension and to get some idea of just how far the escalation could go: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-25580979