Nationalism and Power Politics in Japans Relations with China
Despite flourishing economic interactions and deepening interdependence, the current political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and China remains lukewarm at best. Indeed, bilateral relations reached an unprecedented nadir during the spring of 2005, and again more recently in autumn 2012, as massive anti-Japanese demonstrations across Chinese cities elicited corresponding incidents of popular anti-Chinese reprisal in Japan.
This book systematically explores the complex dynamics that shape contemporary Japanese-Chinese relations. In particular, it analyses the so-called revival of nationalism in post-Cold War Japan, its causality in redefining Japan's external policy orientations and its impact on the atmosphere of the bilateral relationship. Further, by adopting a neoclassical realist model of state behaviour and preferences, Lai Yew Meng examines two highly visible bilateral case studies: the Japanese-Chinese debacle over prime ministerial visits to Yasukuni Shrine, and the multi-dimensional dispute in the East China Sea which comprises the Senkaku/Diaoyudao territorial row, alleged Chinese maritime incursions and bilateral competition for energy resources. Through these examples, this book explores whether nationalism really matters; when, and under what circumstances nationalism becomes most salient; and the extent to which the emotional dimensions of nationalism manifest most profoundly in Japanese state-elites' policy decision-making.
This timely book will be of great interest to students and scholars of both Japanese and Chinese politics, as well as those interested in international relations, nationalism, foreign policy and security studies more broadly.
LAI Yew Meng is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (CPKLL), Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield, 19632013
Series Editor: Glenn D. Hook
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Michael Weiner
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Robert Taylor
5. The Steel Industry in Japan
A comparison with the UK
Hasegawa Harukiyo
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Richard Siddle
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8. Japanese Business Management
Restructuring for low growth and globalization
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19752002
Hugo Dobson
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Takeda Hiroko
23. Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan
The rebirth of a nation
Mari Yamamoto
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Ralph Paprzycki
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29. Japan's Subnational Governments in International Affairs
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30. Japan and East Asian Monetary Regionalism
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Shigeko Hayashi
31. Japan's Relations with China
Facing a rising power
Lam Peng-Er
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33. Myth, Protest and Struggle in Okinawa
Miyume Talyi
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Shintaro Hamanaka
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From a Peace-State to an International-State
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