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Chinese-Japanese Relations, 1945–90

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Akira Iriye
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One could write different histories of Chinese-Japanese relations since 1945, depending on whether one wished to emphasize the two countries’ security (or military) policies, economic connections, or other (cultural) ties. These aspects of the bilateral relationship are by no means always compatible with one another, nor can they be simply viewed as reflections of something more fundamental, whatever that something may be. Although the different manifestations of Chinese-Japanese relations are interconnected, it seems best first to sketch an outline of the security, economic, and cultural relationships, and then discuss how they add up, and what they may mean in terms of the overall international system.

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China and Japan: History, Trends and Prospects
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The China Quarterly , Volume 124 , December 1990 , pp. 624 - 638
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1990

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References

1 For background information on Japan at the time of the Korean war, see Kimihiro, Masamura, Sengoshi (Postwar History), 2 vols. (Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 1985)Google Scholar, Vol. I, Ch. 6; for China, one of the best short surveys is Shigeaki, Uno, et al., Gendai Chuqoku no rekishi (History of Contemporary China) (Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 1986). See especially pp. 77–80.Google Scholar

2 Mantaro, Furukawa, Nichu sengo kankeishi (History of Postwar Sino-Japanese Relations) (Tokyo: Hara Shobo, 1981), p. 18.Google Scholar

3 For a good discussion on the implications of the Chinese-United States rapprochement for Chinese-Japanese relations, see Hsiao, Gene, Sino-American Détente and Its Policy Implications (New York: Praeger, 1974)Google Scholar, Chs. 2 and 9.

4 For trade statistics here and in other passages, I have relied heavily on Ouchi, Hyoe (ed.), Nihon keizai tokeishu (Japanese Statistical Tables) (Tokyo: Nihon Hyoron Shinsha, 1958).Google Scholar

5 Furukawa Mantaro, Nichu sengo kankeishi pp. 173–213.

6 The best study that tries a systematic analysis of Chinese images of Japan, particularly as they are derived from memories and perceptions of past Japanese aggression, is Whiting, Allen S., China Eyes Japan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989).Google Scholar