Greater China And Japan: Prospects For An Economic Partnership In East Asia (the University Of Sheffield/routledge Japanese Studies Series)

Contemporary relations between Greater China and Japan have been conditioned both by differing responses to the impact of Western colonialism during the mid-nineteenth century and the legacy of the Cold War. There are mutual suspicions: the Chinese fear of a Japanese military revival and the Japanese concern over increasing Chinese economic competition and territorial ambitions. Robert Taylor recognises the mistrust in Sino-Japanese relations, but also sees shared advantages in this traditionally adversarial relationship. The Chinese are currently modelling their economic strategy on Japan's developmental experience, even though China's policies and institutions have distinctive features and differing agendas. The study also examines the growing momentum towards sub-regional integration; rivalry between Greater China and Japan is giving way to competition between regional economic blocks and corporate entities. Greater China and Japan explores the ambiguous relationship between the two countries and states that its development is crucial to the future of the region in the twenty-first century. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of tables......Page 10 Introduction: China and Japan in Asia......Page 12 The Japanese model of development and China's economic strategy......Page 33 Japanese investment in China......Page 67 Japan's role in China's world trade......Page 122 Greater China: sub-regional economic integration......Page 140 Conclusions: the future of Sino-Japanese relations......Page 183 Suggested further reading......Page 200 Notes......Page 204 Index......Page 220 In this compact and student-friendly textbook, Robert Taylor explores the ambiguous relationship between the two regions, and explains why its development will be so crucial in the twenty-first century Robert Taylor. Series Numbering From Publisher's List In Later Volume. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.