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If they like Japanese culture, they like to go, but most people in all of China do not like Japanese culture. Some Chinese in the bigger cities shop at the Japanese department stores regularly or eat at a Japanese cuisine restaurants sometimes, a few study Japanese language at language schools, work at Japanese companies in China, but it is still rare for most of the Chinese. Some Chinese do not like Japanese culture, but visit Japan for shopping or do business. Some Chinese study in Japan.
No, most mainland Chinese would try to avoid adopting any iota of japanese culture, but Hong Kongers, Taiwanese have no such qualms.
I would say that the Japanese cultures have been partially effected by Chinese cultures (let's see the religion, architect...they have a few common style..)
However, their economics are hugely different. While Japan have been known as one of top economies in the world (economy involves high-technology...), China's economy primarily based on low-cost labor and out-sourcing for big companies.
American is the most popular western culture in most of Asia.
Japanese and South Korean are popular in most of Asia nowadays, but in Mainland China, South Korean culture is very much more popular than Japanese.
HK and Taiwanese cultures are mainly popular only within the Chinese world(Mainland China, HK, Macau, Taiwan, Chinese in SE Asia and other countries)
Korean influence in China is related to people under 30 years old, for the most part. My parents know nothing about Korean pop culture, though they watch TV every day. They know no words of Korean language either, but they do know some Japanese phrases such as sayonara and yoshi. They also know the names 山口百惠， 高仓健.
Chinese eat less raw fish.
Coastal Chinese eat seafood regularly but cooking methods are different from common Japanese and Korean.
I like the common Chinese ways of cooking seafood than the Japanese ways.
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Very different nations. There are some young population who are extremely interested in the Japanese pop culture, but China has a very strong identity and it is very distinct from Japanese culture. They are not becoming more alike either.
Speaking of food, the Chinese, especially the young, are increasingly open to more diverse food, but the vast majority (I'd say 98%+) will stick to various form of Chinese food for most of their meals.
And that includes overseas Chinese living in western countries. If you know any Chinese living abroad, especially first generation, they mostly strongly prefer Chinese food. They almost never eat sandwiches/pasta/mash potato's etc at home. They do eat Japanese/Korea/Italian etc at restaurants, just like other people. But to expect the Chinese to adopt a primarily western diet is as likely as a White American from Texas eating rice with chopsticks on a daily basis.
As to Japanese food, believe it or not, it is not that different from Chinese food. Aside from stereotyped sushi/sashimi which the Japanese rarely actually eat but is considered standard Japanese by westerners, the typical Japanese home made food is not vastly different from Chinese food, and therefore is easily accepted by the Chinese too.
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