User blog comment:Watermint/Human names v. Country names (Wiki)/@comment-2004850-20100709004259

Hey, questions are good :D I'm often too fearful to ask too many.

For me, I think part of it was that "mightier" feel, and just the general implications of it. When the sun rises, it gives off a feeling of endless strength and determines that Japan has a strong future. The sun setting indicates that soon it will be dark and cold--China, while his status as an empire won't necessarily end, doesn't have a bright future. Thus, China, hearing this from a little squirt he just found in the bamboo thicket, felt offended.