The factory visit is over; the beer is sinking in the glasses; after two hours of questioning, the visiting journalist can think of nothing more to ask. There is a silence. Then the South Korean factory boss decides it is his turn to ask something. Does this Englishman, he wonders, believe that by the turn of the century South Korea will overtake Japan? It is a stunning question, like asking whether Poland will overtake Germany in half a decade. But the factory manager does not hesitate to put forward his own opinion. Yes, South Korea will overtake Japan, he declares, because "Koreans are fundamentally superior."
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