哪个国家更加与世隔绝，中国还是日本？ [美国媒体]

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Which country is more isolated from the outside world China or Japan?

哪个国家更加与世隔绝，中国还是日本？
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David W. Rudlin Novelist corporate poo bah foodaholic political junkie.
Answered Aug 18
A few years ago I was running both the Japan and China markets for a major multinational.

几年前，我曾在日本和中国的市场经营一家大型跨国公司。

We had a major new product launch and scheduled meetings with the fashion press in both countries.

我们有一个重要的新产品要发布，并计划跟两国的潮流媒体见面。

In China the first question the editors asked was “Are we going to do this in English French or Mandarin?”

在中国，编辑们问的第一个问题是“我们是用英语、法语还是普通话进行这件事?”

In Japan all the meetings were in Japanese.

在日本，所有的会议都是用日语进行的。

The Chinese editors talked about their recent trips to Paris a party held by one of the major luxury brands on the Great Wall which US colleges their kids had gained admission to.

中国的编辑们谈到了他们最近在巴黎的一次旅行，一家大型奢侈品牌在长城上举办了一个派对，以及他们的孩子又进入了哪所美国大学，中国编辑们谈论的是这些话题。

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In Japan they talked about the stagnant local market.

在日本，他们大多谈论的是停滞的市场。

I left thinking that China had lapped Japan in worldliness.

我认为中国已经在世俗化的道路上超过了日本。

However we’re talking about a small group of people in the big cities. People in rural China know nothing about the outside world and very little about Beijing. There is a gap in Japan as well but since it’s much smaller geographically — and educational standards are the same nationwide — it’s a much narrower gap than in China.

然而，我们谈论的是大城市里的一小群人。在中国农村的人对外界基本一无所知，甚至对北京也知之甚少。虽然日本的差距也很大，但由于地理位置上的差距小得多，而且教育水平在全国范围内都是一样的，差距比中国小得多。

That said the average Japanese knows a LOT more about America than the average American knows about Japan. Take away the coasts and America wins Miss Isolation with ease.

话虽如此，普通日本人对美国的了解比普通美国人对日本的了解要深得多。如果将濒海地区排除在外，美国绝对是最与世隔绝的国家。

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Xiaoyang Zhang PhD in Sociology University of Essex
Answered Aug 20
It is interesting to say that this question is by itself an answer in some senses. Just take a look about all the answers it has 3 out of all 6 answer writers have a special introduction besides their names highlighting that they are either from China (me) or have a relationship with China. No single answer is wrote either by Japanese or by a writer highlight his/her relationship with Japan.

有趣的是，这个问题本身就是一个答案。看看这6个答案中有3个答案的作者都有特别的介绍，除了他们的名字之外，他们都强调自己是来自中国(我也是)或者和中国有关系。没有一个答案是由日本人写的，也没有一个人强调他与日本的关系。

Since Quora is somewhat an international website I think this phenomenon are pretty self-evident to demonstrate the fact that China has much more connection than Japan.

由于Quora是一个国际网站，我认为这一现象已经不言而喻了，所以它证明了一个事实，即中国比日本跟世界的联系更为频繁。

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Taisho Mori
Answered Aug 19
Politically and economically speaking neither is isolated. China is the biggest trading nation Japan is in the top 5. Culturally speaking definitely Japan. Japanese people have the island mentality. They are extremely self-centered and have little understanding and interest of the outside world. The number of Chinese students studying abroad in multiple foreign countries is several times higher than that of their Japanese counterparts. Chinese culture in general is more open and inclusive while the Japanese is more closed and exclusive. While Japan is technically a Democracy and foreign media and companies are allowed to operate within Japan it’s virtually impossible to find a foreign car on the streets in Japan and virtually nobody watches foreign press they limit themselves to Japan-made stuff only. Same cannot be said about China.
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无论从政治上还是经济上来说(中日)都不是孤立的 . 中国是最大的贸易国日本也在前五之列.  从文化上来说 肯定是日本更孤立 . 日本人有岛国心态 . 他们是极端的以自我为中心的 对外部世界几乎没有了解和兴趣 .在多个国家里 中国留学的人数都比日本留学生高出几倍. 中国文化在大体上是更加开放和包容的 . 而日本则更封闭和排外 . 与此同时 严格来说 日本是民主的 外国的媒体和公司是被允许在日本营业的 . 但实际上你在日本的街头上几乎找不到一辆外国汽车  实际上也没(日本)人会看外国的媒体报道 . 他们自我限定只用日本制造.  这些话却不适用于中国.

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Lucas Martins lives in Portugal
Answered Aug 14
Even if Japan wanted to they couldn't be isolated. Japan only produces 85% of its needs so they have to export lots of stuff.
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即使日本想要孤立，他们也办不到。日本只能生产了内需的85%，所以他们不得不出口很多东西。

Ray Comeau A decade in China interest in geopolitics
Answered Aug 15
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What does isolated mean?

孤立是什么意思？

Neither is really isolated from the outside world.

这两个国家都没有从外部世界孤立

Both have numbers of citizens who travel all over the world.
They may think and behave differently then the West.
Both prefer their culture to western culture.
Both prefer their native food to foreign food.
Both limit immigration.

这两个国家都有分布世界各地的公民。
他们的思维和行为可能与西方不同。
他们都更喜欢自己的文化，而不是西方文化。
他们都更喜欢本国食物而不是外国食物。
他们都限制移民。