Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era

Taylor & Francis

JapanChina Relations in the Modern EraAuthor(s): Ryosei Kokubun, Yoshihide Soeya, Akio Takahara, Shin Kawashima, Keith Krulak\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138714601, 978-1138714601\nSynopsis\nFrom before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan and China. Japan has long learned many things from Chinese civilization, and since the modern era China began to learn from Japan. In the twenty-first century, however, China surpassed Japan in terms of GDP in 2010 to become the worlds second largest economy. Amid this rapid rise of China and what has been called a power-shift in JapanChina relations, there are signs that bilateral tensions are rising and that the image each country has of the other is worsening.\n\nThis volume provides a cogent analysis of the politics of the bilateral relationship in the modern era, explaining the past, present, and future of JapanChina ra