William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Beijing is returning to monetary sobriety faster than Washington


The headquarters of the People's Bank Of China, pictured on May 4: unlike the Fed, the PBOC is anything but independent. © FeatureChina/AP
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."