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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 …
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 …
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 …
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