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Beijing’s Dilemma in the Handling of Anti-Japanese Popular Nationalism amid Disputes with Japan
February 28, 2013
By Kang Su-Jeong. Sino-Japanese relations have experienced ups and downs over the past decade. Mounting tensions between the two countries has been accompanied by outbursts of anti-Japanese sentiment in China. The Chinese government’s response to such nationalist outbursts has not always been consistent. While the government has made use of nationalism for its domestic and/or …
The Diaoyu Islands Dispute in Domestic Politics
February 27, 2013
By Hongyi Lai. The flare-up of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands in the recent months has caught worldwide attention. In early September 2012 the Japanese government announced its intention to purchase the islands. The Chinese government condemned the Japanese purchase of the islands and took other strong reactions. In the wake of the announcement the China-Japan …
Sir David Warren on Japan/China relations
Sir David Warren is the recent former British Ambassador to Japan (2008-12). Here is the video of a talk he gave at Nottingham last week.
Ma’s Peace Initiative and Taiwan’s Diaoyutai Debate
February 26, 2013
By Michal Thim. The ROC (hereafter Taiwan) President Ma Ying-jeou’s East China Sea Peace Initiative came at time of heightened tensions between Japan and the PRC (hereafter China), and to a certain extent also between Taiwan and Japan. It was announced on August 5, 2012 and implementation guidelines were subsequently released on September 6 on the occasion …
Abe’s Southeast Asian Diplomacy: Intersection of the South and East China Sea disputes
February 25, 2013
By Andrew Chubb. Between January 10 and 19 this year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida paid formal bilateral visits to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia: seven countries in the space of 10 days. The diplomatic blitz illustrates the intersection of the East and South China Sea disputes, …
China and the Korean Peninsula
February 24, 2013
Christoph Bluth is professor of International Studies at the University of Leeds. He is a specialist in international security and a world authority on security on the Korean Peninsula. He visited us at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies last week to talk about China’s relations with both North and South Korea. Here’s the video …
A Taiwan Coda
February 22, 2013
By Bruce Jacobs. Since Ma Ying-jeou became Taiwan’s president in 2008, the Diaoyutai/Senkaku issue has come to the fore. Ma Ying-jeou participated in the Diaoyutai movement in 1970, when he was only about twenty, and his strong interest in the islands continued when he wrote his doctoral thesis on the topic.[1] During a September 2012 …
The Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute: The U.S. policy perspective and Japanese PM Abe’s visit
February 21, 2013
By Don Keyser. PM Abe’s Visit – The Backdrop and Focus The Chinese army’s massive program of systematic cyber intrusions against U.S. targets[1] — reported first in a page-one New York Times story and subsequently by all major media — arguably overshadowed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s arrival in Washington for a February 22 meeting …
Three Scenarios for the Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute
By Dingping Guo. The Japanese government’s decision to purchase and nationalize the Diaoyu (Senkaku in Japanese) islands in September 2012 triggered a series of drastic and dramatic responses from China. Not only there were huge anti-Japan protests and demonstrations in many cities across China, but also various administrative, legal and military measures have been taken …
(Un)leashing Public Opinion: The State, Media, and Audience Demands during Anti-Japanese Protests in China
February 20, 2013
By Danie Stockmann. Nationalism seems to be on the rise in China. Since the late 1990s nationalist protests have taken place almost annually. As evident during the recent Senkaku / Diaoyu island disputes in the East China Sea, anti-foreign protests have been primarily directed against Japan, but also the United States. It is widely believed …
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