All countries have a long history of economic mistakes, in fact. There's absolutely nothing special as it applies to the West.

See: Japan's recent 25 year rolling disaster. China had hundreds of years of economic mistakes prior to the last 40 years or so. Asia is littered with demonstrations in very bad economic governance over the last 50 years.

Japan and China are very different. I trust Japan. I know it's politically correct to think we're all alike, or well meaning. It just seems like every Chinese company, I have looked into, is beyond crooked.

I would still love to know what NQ Mobile Inc. does?

As a kid, we had a Japanese exchange student. I would trust her with my life. Japanese, and Chinese cultures are vastly different.

I know your talking about economic mistakes, but in my eyes, it's more than mistakes. If you have a horrid foundation, you can't expect a structure to rise, or hold it's own weight.

Let the strapping begin--hopefully from a recent college graduate.