Japan and China have much control over our fate. Am I being too negative?
I'd tend to look at it as 'Much of our fate is being determined in Japan and
China' but I don't think anyone is in control of what is happening with
reference to us in those countries. There are certain geo-political facts
being played out there (and here) and we seem to be in a state of 'alea
jacta est' (the die is cast).