News Japan officially terminating ODA to China

However, the fruits of Japan's ODA such as this center are not well-known in China. Kazuyuki Suwa, professor of international relations at the University of Shizuoka, said that when he was involved in ODA programs in China as a diplomat, someone removed a sign from a building denoting that it was built through Japanese ODA, suggesting that Japanese aid was not always positively viewed there. In addition, although one of the aims of Japan's ODA to developing countries has been to support their democratization, China didn't follow a path that Japan had hoped it would. The Chinese government crushed student protests at the Tiananmen Square in 1989. More recently, it is showing even more defiance toward criticism from the West about human rights and freedom of speech issues in the country by saying, "Democracy takes different forms."

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Uncle Frank said:

Because China now has more money than they know what to do with due to the world buying their inexpensive products for so many years ; they will become a dangerous world power. They are setting up bases around the world or trying to. They are building up all areas of their military. A lot of bad signs for the future.

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