My school's econ and gov't AP and standard teacher is kinda dumb... I think she doesn't understand that Korea, Japan, and China are different things...
Oh dear...
She just uses them interchangeably, and she thinks that southeast Asia is some godforsaken jungle where the people dream of being able to worship Jesus in public, but can't because China will torture them. Even if you're in Laos or Burma.
Today she talked about those toys that were recalled a few years ago for lead paint, except she kept saying they were made in Japan instead of China. She went on for 5 minutes like that and didn't correct herself.
Also she thinks that if North Korea did bomb us, Russia and China would go to war with us also since they used to be allies. Like some students said "hey..... China wouldn't probably do that since they did oppose their missles..." she would reply "Well, they were allies in the Korean war. So whos to say they wouldn't suddenly change their mind and attack us...(ditto with russia)."
She also seems to forget that Japan isn't anything like China in a lot of ways. Like in terms of poverty, space, manners, exports, history with America, etc...