Why are there so many century-old shops in Japan, but not in China, which has a profound historical background?
China's poor system and quality have nothing to do with historical and cultural background. Those century-old Japanese shops all started with reputation and quality, but what about China? There are really few quality standards. It is also related to the system implemented by the government. Most of the old shops in Japan are old shops around the Meiji Restoration, such as Mitsui and Mitsubishi. Mitsui is an old shop in the edo period. Mitsubishi is an old shop after the Meiji Restoration, and many civilian industries have received strong support from the government. However, under the rule of Empress Dowager Cixi in China in the late Qing Dynasty, how could she make those folks rich and threaten their rights in order to maintain her feudal autocracy? After the Westernization Movement, big officials did it, but they didn't really do it. They just want to make their own money, and the quality of those things is also very poor. There are also some exploited modern national capital enterprises. They were exploited not only by the Japanese Empire, but also by China bureaucrats.