1st Edition

Japan's Relations With China Facing a Rising Power

Edited By Peng Er Lam Copyright 2006
260 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

The essays in this collection examine Sino-Japanese political relations given the phenomenon of ‘a rising China and a stagnating Japan’. Questioning whether their relationship is one of cooperation or conflict, the book reviews China and Japan’s bilateral ties to see whether they have deepened and broadened despite differences in outlook, national interest and political systems. Adding a new... Read more

1. The Shifting Nature of Japan-China Relations after the Cold War  2. Domestic Sources of Japan’s Policy Towards China  3. Japanese Writings on Post-1945 Japan-China Relations  4. National Mythmaking and the Problems of History in Sino-Japanese Relations  5. Japanese ODA Policy toward China: The New Agenda  6. The Taiwan Factor in Japan-China Relations  7. Forging New Bilateral Relations: Japan's Sub-National Governments in China  8. Building Yellow Sea Bridges  9. Japanese NGOs in China  10. Deputy and Débutante: The New Geometry of East Asia  11. Sino-Japanese Relations: A Malaysian Perspective  12. Sino-Japan Relations in the Russian Shadow 

Biography

Lam Peng Er is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

'Japan's Relations With China' is a collection of essays that incorporates the insights of Chinese, Japanese and outside thinkers.' - Emily Parker, Far Eastern Economic Review

'This book offers food for thought.' - Far Eastern Economic Review

'Lam Peng Er's edited volume makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of Japan's relations with China and of East Asian international relations.' -- Ming Wan, Journal of Japanese Studies, 2008