Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era

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From before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan and China. Japan has long learned many things from Chinese civilization, and since the modern era China began to learn from Japan. In the twenty-first century, however, China surpassed Japan in terms of GDP in 2010 to become the world’s second largest economy. Amid this rapid rise of China and what has been called a power-shift in Japan–China relations, there are signs that bilateral tensions are rising and that the image each country has of the other is worsening. This volume provides a cogent analysis of the politics of the bilateral relationship in the modern era, explaining the past, present, and future of Japan–China relations during a time of massive political, social, and economic changes. Written by a team of internationally renowned Japanese scholars and based on sources not available in English, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Japan–China relations, Japanese international relations, and the politics and international relations of East Asia Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of boxes Preface to the English edition Preface About the authors and translator Prologue: Japan–China relations before 1949: between competitive coexistence and confrontation 1 The start of relations between sovereign states 2 “Modernity” and nationalism 3 The age of war 4 Japan’s defeat and restructuring East Asian international relations 1 Japan–China relations of the 1950s: forming relations with the “two Chinas” 1 “Two Chinas” and Japan regains independence 2 Operations toward Japan and separation of politics and economics 3 Japan–China relations under the Kishi administration 2 Japan–China relations of the 1960s: caught between the “two Chinas” 1 Ikeda administration and “two Chinas” policy 2 Politics and diplomacy concerning Japan–China private trade 3 Japan–China relations under the Sato administration 3 Japan–China relations of the 1970s: international politics and restructuring of Japan–China relations 1 Japan and China in the shifting international environment 2 Japan–China diplomatic normalization 3 Expansion of Japan–China relations 4 Japan–China relations of the 1980s: greater development and appearance of problems 1 Industrial plant contract troubles and start of ODA to China 2 The first textbook issue and China’s independent foreign policy 3 Wide-ranging development of Japan–China relations 4 Criticism of policy of opening and the latent Japan factor 5 June Fourth (the Second Tiananmen Square) Incident 5 Japan–China relations of the 1990s: rise of China and increase of frictions 1 From the Tiananmen Incident to Japanese imperial visit 2 From Hosokawa/Murayama administrations to Taiwan Strait Crisis 3 From Asian financial crisis to Jiang Zemin’s visit to Japan 4 Development of multilateral diplomacy and increase of frictions 6 Japan–China relations at the start of the twenty-first century: the rocky path to a strategic mutually beneficial relationship 1 From start of the Koizumi administration to start of the Hu Jintao administration 2 Yasukuni visit problem and anti-Japanese protests 3 Formation, development, and limits of strategic mutually beneficial relations 4 Japan–China GDP trading places and Senkaku Islands 7 The current state of Japan–China relations: navigating a fragile relationship 1 Start of new administrations and stagnation of Japan–China relations 2 Political bargaining over Japan–China summit at Beijing APEC 3 Japan–China relations 70 years after the war’s end Guide to further reading in English Chronology of key events Index Index of names