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Japan-China relations through the lens of Chinese politics / Kokubun Ryosei ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

国分良成, 1953- author. Kokubun, Ry¿‍sei, 1953- (author.). Nihon Kokusai Mondai Kenkyūjo, (translator.). Shuppan Bunka Sangy¿‍ Shink¿‍ Zaidan, (publisher.).

Summary:

"Over the last half century, why has the relationship between Japan and China been so volatile that it keeps fluctuating between deteriorating and improving? Why does criticism of Japan over historical issues repeatedly converge and reemerge? The reason lies in the constant power struggles taking place inside the Chinese Communist Party itself. An examination of various cases and documents dating from the period of normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China from the 1970s to the present day will clarify how the Chinese political system is closely related to its diplomatic policies towards Japan."-- Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9784866581279
ISBN: 4866581271
Physical Description: 323 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First English edition.
Publisher: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in Japanese under the title of Ch¿±goku seiji kara mita Nitch¿± kankei by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, in 2017."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Chinese politics as area studies -- Part I. The Chinese political system : legitimacy gone astray. The implementation and failure of political reform : the Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang, and Zhao Ziyang eras ; The impact of the Tiananmen Square incident and the Soviet collapse : the Deng Xiaoping era -- Economic growth as legitimacy : the Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin eras ; The authoritarianism of the party-state system : the Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao eras ; The Xi Jinping system and the Cultural Revolution : continuities and discontinuities -- Part II. China's Japan policy as an extension of domestic politics. Establishment of the 1972 system and its limits : from the Cold War and the post-Cold War era (1970s-1990s) ; The shadows of "Japan-China friendship" : the K¿‍kary¿‍ case the Hu Yaobang incident (1980s) ; The escalation of historical issues and Jiang Zemin's visit to Japan (1990s) ; A temporary mending of ties : toward a mutually beneficial strategic relationship ; Japan-China relations face the trial of the Senkaku islands (2010s) -- Conclusion: Chinese politics and Japan-China relations -- Afterword.