China growing 8% Japan 5% I saw on the tube were China is growing at nearly 8% (down from 13% and Japan at growing at nearly 5% (up from almost nothing). This has to bode well for Westerns lumber sales into these two countries. Plus there is a 3 year backlog year of major disasters like along the Danube River in Europe last week (this touch 9 countries), Oklahoma, Japan, Indonesia, New orleans etc, etc. that will or still require massive shipments of lumber for their rebuilding.