Japan Probe reports that Japan has been flooded by faulty or fake Chinese Geiger counters and Yaxue Cao discusses why Chinese think Americans are dumb.  Speaking of dumb, Curzon wants to know why Japanese corporations don’t use native English speakers to check their English language public statements?

The New York Times’ Louis Uchitelle asks if U.S. manufacturing is being ignored by the country’s leadership.  Bobby McGill reports on the Korean car industry facing competition on its own shores for the first time.