Of all regions in the world aiming for a bright future, none is closer to that goal

than Asia. Asia, also known as the "sleeping giant" accounts for over sixty percent of the

earth's population with China holding a large amount of the sixty percent. Economically,

Japan is in the forefront of the world with only the United States leading them in the

category of Gross National Product (GNP). Both Japan and China are looked upon by a

great number of people as future leaders of the world. What is remarkable about that

statement is the fact that the two nations, while they might have commonalties, are so

different. Some might assume that two nations in the same region cannot possibly have so

many contrasting traits, but in the case of China and Japan, this is the case. Both China

and Japan do have characteristics that they share such as culture and religion. The

similarities end though when speaking about the health care system, the economy and the

government of both "future superpowers."

The health care system in China is one of the worst in the entire world. One would

think that a nation who has been granted Most Favored Nation status by the United State

parties is guaranteed by the constitution (Japan Fact Book). Parties in Japan include the

role in what is called a command economy. A country with a command economy relies

China Online; www.Asiadragons.com.; America Online, 1999.

In contrast to the health care system in China, Japan's improved health care system

Magstadt, Thomas; Nations and Governments; St. Martin's Press, New York, NY;

drafts laws, supervises the state beaurocracy, devises economic plans and constructs the

infant deaths per one thousand live births. Also in contrast to China, the government of

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