1st Edition

Japan's Development Aid to China The Long-Running Foreign Policy of Engagement

By Tsukasa Takamine Copyright 2006
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Paradoxically, Japan provides massive amounts of development aid to China, despite Japan's clear perception of China as a prime competitor in the Asia-Pacific region. This clearly written and comprehensive volume provides an overview of the way Japan's aid to China has developed since 1979. It explains the shifts that have taken place in Japan's China policy in the 1990s against the background... Read more

List of Illustrations  Acknowledgements  Note on Names  List of Abbreviations  1. Introduction  2. Japan’s Pursuit of Economic and Political Engagement with China, 1945-78  3. Policy Objectives and Underlying Interests since 1979  4. Aid Policymaking: Institutions, Processes and Power Relations  5. Yen Loans to China: Development, Globalisation and Interdependence  6. Aid as a Strategic Tool: Three Cases of Aid Sanctions  7. The Effects of Japan’s Aid Policy to China and Implications for Bilateral Relations  8. Final Comments  Appendix  Notes  Bibliography  Index

Biography

Dr Tsukasa Takamine studied International Politics and Asian Studies at Murdoch University, Western Australia. His areas of research interest include Japanese foreign policy and policymaking, international relations of the Asia Pacific, and the politics of Okinawa.