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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 …
Sir David Warren on Japan/China relations
February 27, 2013
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.
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, …
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 …
Stranded on the Islands: Why China and Japan’s Clash over Maritime Claims Is a Problem, But a Soluble One
February 19, 2013
By Kerry Brown. Here is the quandary. Two major economies on which the world depends for future stability and growth have had a difficult history with each other and tetchy political relations. Add to this that they are both politically and socially cultures that have huge issues with public face and reputation, in which backing …
Sino-Japanese Relations: The Security Perspective
February 18, 2013
By June Teufel Dreyer. The recent revelation of two incidents in which Chinese frigates locked target radars onto Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) assets added a new level of escalation to an already tense situation. Perhaps in order to avoid inflaming these tensions, the Japanese government revealed the incidents only belatedly on February 5—the …
China-Japan special issue
In a region characterized by economic dynamism and strategic complexity, relations between Northeast Asia’s two economic giants are more fraught with tensions and contradictions than any other dyad. Economic complementarities have succeeded in muting historical distrust to a point, but the evolving Diaoyu/Senkaku dispute, in addition to the real danger of strategic missteps, reveals intense, longstanding …
Japan and China can push the island row over the horizon
October 8, 2012
by Steve Tsang Tensions between China and Japan over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea have eased somewhat in recent days, after a series of naval manoeuvres and violent protests in both countries. But this long-running emotional dispute over the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, is …
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