Iike China's current hatred towards Japan reducing purchasing of Japanese goods. I'll be interested to see if that's how this plays out.
What an ignorant statement.
In the camera space, it's practically a Japanese monopoly. When it comes to televisions, although local products are favored, Samsung, Sony and Sharp are the big three foreign brands in TV space. Uniqlo is the biggest and fastest growing fashion retail brand in China, doubling that of H&M and Zara. Nissan/Toyota are doing well in China.
Did the boycotts and all that nonsense affect Japanese sales? Definitely. Will the 'hate of Japan' reduce purchasing potential of Japanese goods? Of course.
But without an actual understanding of the Chinese culture, and how the population respond to these kind of issues, it's nothing more than a lame duck's armchair analysis.
Tell Arthur Geis to go and live in China for six months, and then ask him how prevalent Japanese brands there are.
Tldr; people without any understanding of China outside of reading news articles on websites should shut the fuck up. Dreamgazer, zhao3gold, American McGee and down to orth are 100x more reliable than Geis ever will be when it comes to China.