1st Edition
Nationalism and Power Politics in Japan's Relations with China A Neoclassical Realist Interpretation
By Yew Meng Lai
Copyright 2014
264 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Despite flourishing economic interactions and deepening interdependence, the current political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and China remains lukewarm at best. Indeed, bilateral relations reached an unprecedented nadir during the spring of 2005, and again more recently in autumn 2012, as massive anti-Japanese demonstrations across Chinese cities elicited corresponding incidents of... Read more
Introduction 1. Interpreting nationalism in Japanese-Chinese relations: contending approaches and analytical frameworks 2. The trends, development, and dynamics of Japanese-Chinese relations 3. Theories of nationalism and its manifestations in Japan 4. Nationalism, Japan’s China policy-making, and Japanese-Chinese relations 5. Case Study I: The Yasukuni Shrine dispute 6. Case Study II: The East China Sea dispute 7. Conclusion
Biography
LAI Yew Meng is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (CPKLL), Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
