That is true. I have to admit I have even less understanding about history than science!
But the correlation is clearly there!
Japan and China copied the west or specifically America as much as they could, but copying following Jesus won’t be easy for the governments to implement...
If the atheistic Chinese could really continue to develop well for few hundred years, than maybe DN is closer to the real truth.
However I tend to believe people’s faith lays the foundation for them to properly develop and grow on. Japan and China’s longterm success without Christianity will render this correlation of mine in doubt... BTW, by success, I meant they'll have to be able to shed their copycat label and truly lead the world with their own developments that change the world... hopefully for good of course...