Nihonjin
I am acutely aware of the differences in culture between Japan and China. If you notice i have said 'similarities' and in no way negated your uniqueness vis a vis Chinese. My intent was to make a point about familiarity between various oriental cultures as compared to say Asians like Indians and pakistanis.
Lastly, trust me there is no erroneous generalization here. I have watched enough movies
There are some assumptions in your post which are factually incorrect.
Democracy didn't give us a false sense of pride. It was a necessity considering our 'mind boggling' diversity. Where languages, customs, and the entire structure of society changes every few hundred kilometres, democracy is the only option.
We completely understand the limitations, democracy imposes upon us. And this is common knowledge to every indian.
Contrast it with the growth in China, the result of a fine balancing act between communism and capitalism. Your government displayed quick decision making where ever required and simply bull dozed any/ all opposition/obstacles.
Your government gave you an advantage we could not get in democracy in our fledgling country.
Where is the false pride you speak of?
(On a side note, every mother thinks her child is the best, we sing peans for democracy, you propagate virtues of communism. It goes both ways)
Regarding Nehru, you are stuck on the old record. Nobody likes him here. We see what he did and how he screwed up big. He even favoured you for UNSC seat unconditionally and he was simply outplayed by mature chinese leadership. We have more reasons to hate him than you do. So lets just put it aside.
Now coming to the crux of your post, I understand your point about closeness and caliber. But the underlying point is still the the difference between two competing societies which you have deftly analogised by comparing bolt with yourself.
I reiterate we do not identify with China (closeness thing you mentioned). You would like to think of it as jealousy though, but its not. We don't understand you as a result we can only compete. Your society, government is too different than ours to have this emotion.
Honestly though, the only country we could ever be jealous of is pakistan.
I get it. But, you guys literally want Japan to rub its nose into the ground to appease you. Nobody does that. Nobody will ever do that.
China is huge as compared to Japan, a little magnanimity won't hurt anyone.
Yeah solve the boundary issues solve everything. See, being crafty is not the same as being classy or clever. Solving boundary issues is one thing. Your arming pakistan against us is another.
Seriously, if Chinese would just for god sake stop bull shitting all the people all the time, the Indians would probably think about trusting Chinese a little more and things would improve for real.