China and Japan: "the way" vs. "a way"

This is both thought-provoking and hilarious.
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/the_way_vs_a_way_japan_v_china.php

The guy in the bottom picture is sucking to start a siphon, in case
you've never seen that done.
(http://www.physicscentral.com/lou/2001/siphons.html )

-Max