Whatever their other disagreements, Chinese and Japanese concur on one point: if Asia today, with its rising nationalist tensions, evokes Europe in the first half of the twentieth century, it is precisely because Asia has not embarked on a reconciliation process such as that which enabled France and Germany to transcend their centuries-old rivalry.
D’ailleurs, lorsque les Chinois sont amenés à rechercher un modèle comparatif en matière de protection sociale, n’organisent-ils pas des voyages d’étude en Scandinavie.