JAPAN+KOREA+TAIWAN simple economics?

Question

I believe in time these three countries will come together economically to try and balance China's economic influence. I have recently seen a topic like this one on a previous forum and it turned into one horrible mess. Korean being nationalistic and Japanese being nationalistic talking about what country was cleaner. I am Korean and I do admit the history between the two countries have always been great, however this is the present and we should move on together holding hands to face reality, because China is not going to stop. Seeing the EU I look to Asia wondering if this type of Union is not possible here however once again past hatred pulls people further apart. So I want to know if anyone things a KOREAN JAPANESE TAIWANESE economic alliance if you will is probable and not only that but would it not be a good idea. Strictly speaking about consumer goods Korean Japanese and Taiwanese products are all very good quality while Chine is more of the mass production area.

Answer 1

it would be very difficult to bring them together.

case point, remember when the world cup was hosted by korea and japan

even then, both countries had disagreements about which country comes first - should it be korea-japan or japan-korea

minor things could bring them into a squabble - co-alliance between all three countries would have been very profitable but difficult to materialise