Sino-Japanese Relations: Towards a future-oriented diplomacy (Routledgecurzon Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies)

Over recent years, there has been increasing interest in the relationship between China and Japan, particularly as a way of understanding contemporary political, economic and security developments within the whole East Asia region. Caroline Rose presents a thorough, balanced and objective examination of both sides of the relationship. This will be of great interest to academics and policy-makers in the UK and US, as well as to professionals working in Chinese and Japanese communities. Caroline Rose Presents A Thorough, Balanced And Objective Examination Of One Of The Most Vexing Issues That Continues To Plague The Sino-japanese Relationship - That Of The Legacy Of History. Using Models Of Reconciliation As A Framework, The Book Considers The Different Ways In Which Historical Events Have Been Represented And Remembered, And How The Governments And Peoples Of Both Countries Have Attempted To Come To Terms With The Past. This Will Be Of Great Interest To Academics And Policy-makers In The United Kingdom And The United States, As Well As To Professionals Working In Chinese And Japanese Communities.--book Jacket. Introduction -- Reconciliation And Sino-japanese Relations -- Sino--japanese Reconciliation During The Cold War -- Uncovering The Truth: Textbook Issues And Historical Revisionism -- The Search For Justice: The 1990s Compensation Movement -- Settling The Past. Caroline Rose. Simultaneously Published In The Usa And Canada By Routledgecurzon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [152]-168) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 10 List of abbreviations......Page 12 Glossary......Page 14 Note on style......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Reconciliation and Sino-Japanese relations......Page 32 Sino-Japanese reconciliation during the Cold War......Page 51 Uncovering the truth: textbook issues and historical revisionism......Page 67 The search for justice: the 1990s' compensation movement......Page 86 Settling the past......Page 116 Conclusion: towards a future-oriented relationship?......Page 139 Chronology of textbook controversies and trials......Page 145 Selected list of NGOs and other organisations involved in history-related issues (Chinese, Japanese and North American)......Page 147 Important statements, treaties, declarations and apologies......Page 150 Notes......Page 154 Bibliography......Page 169 Index......Page 186 Introduction Reconciliation and Sino-Japanese Relations Sino Japanese Reconciliation during the Cold War Uncovering the truth: textbook issues and historical revisionism The Search for Justice: the 1990s compensation movement Settling the past. Caroline Rose presents a thorough, balanced and objective examination of both sides of the relationship between China and Japan