China and Japan: Asia's Sleeping Giants
             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 States
             would be able to provide their people with adequate health care. The fact is that the
             Chinese government does not have the funds to supply adequate health care to their
             over-populated nation. Moreover, the government in China faces the difficult task of
             whether or not to stress the quality of care to the Chinese people or to spread their
             medical resources to as many people as possible without the emphasis on high quality
             care. China does have a health insurance system in place that provides free coverage for
             people employed in urban state enterprises. The problem with the insurance system is that
             eighty percent of China's workers work in rural a...