The reality is is that currently..China has the worst record for human-rights violations. Not to mention their on-going slaughter and control of Nepal and Taiwan and their vocal support for North Korea. Regardless of how nasty Japan got during WW2(and we all felt their angry little-island wrath)China is not going to garner much sympathy right now. Meanwhile,Japan is a booming and ever-growing country...light years ahead of 99% of Asia in technology,economy,culture. They scoff at how primitive the USA seems to be in comparison. Why on Earth would anyone logically support China over Japan in their current states?
Letsee, there are a billion of the mother fuckers, for real, a real god damned billion of them. That's a venture capitalist's wet dream there, they're all thinking "if we could get them all to just buy one i-pod we'd be set!"