From Asia Times: The visit by Chinese Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan to Japan this past weekend begins the process of rebuilding military confidence between the two countries and raises expectations. But judging by the past, Sino-Japanese military ties still face many challenges. The minister’s visit, the first in almost a decade, has been described […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, on Monday used New Year remarks to stress his aim of building a “mutually beneficial, strategic relationship” with China in a further sign that improving Sino-Japan ties will be a priority of his premiership. In a statement in which he also placed emphasis on his goal of […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: The recent revival of Sino- Japanese animosity, triggered by bitter disputes over history, territory and maritime natural resources, has the potential not only to derail China’s self-proclaimed goal of a “peaceful rise” but to disrupt healthy momentum towards east Asian economic integration. Obviously, Beijing and Tokyo must share the blame for […]
Read MoreFrom xinhuanet: Facing the sustained cold political ties between China and Japan, Chinese scholars Friday urged the two countries to expand common interests and cooperation with concrete measures to secure “a relatively optimistic and stable” Sino-Japanese ties. Jin Linbo, a researcher of the Asia-Pacific Office under the China Research Institute of International Studies, said despite […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet.com: Chinese experts said here Monday that China and Japan should resolve their disputes and narrow their differences through dialogue and consultation. Dialogue and consultation are part of the five-point proposal Chinese President Hu Jintao made on developing Sino-Japanese relations when he met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the sideline of the […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via WNED: Japan and China held talks in Beijing Monday but failed to halt a free fall in ties after a third weekend of demonstrations in China against what many see as Japan’s inability to face up to its wartime past. There was little sign of headway after the violent protests which, along […]
Read MoreOne hundred sixty lawmakers in Japan prayed in Yasukuni Shrine, which is considered to be a hypersensitive location in Sino-Japan relations. Japan’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was not among the visitors. Thus, the bottom...
Read MoreA heated discussion has started among Chinese bloggers to defend the friction between Chinese and Japanese soccer teams at the East Asian championship. Does kicking a ball have to be related to the Sino-Japan relations? From...
Read MoreLast month, author Zhang Yihe filed a lawsuit against The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) for banning her recent book. The officials in GAPP have publicly denied their action, but new evidence has emerged...
Read MoreOn OpenDemocracy.net, Li Datong writes that there will be no real “public opinion” about China-Japan relations until there is press freedom: 2007 is a sensitive year in Sino-Japan relations – the seventieth anniversary of the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese war (or the “war of resistance against Japan”). Long before Chinese premier Wen Jiabao made […]
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