From Reuters: A Chinese warship’s visit to Japan on Wednesday — the first such port call since World War Two — will be a striking symbol of a thaw in Sino-Japanese ties, but few expect smooth sailing in relations between the Asian rivals. Tokyo and Beijing first agreed to reciprocal warship visits seven years ago, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via China Daily: China and Japan on Thursday expressed the hope that bilateral ties should move headway as they staged grand activities marking the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties. “Chinese and Japanese politicians made strategic decision to normalize diplomatic relations 35 years ago, turning a new chapter of the Sino-Japanese […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: That Nanking, a powerful new US documentary on the rape of the city (now known as Nanjing), has been approved for domestic screening in China reveals that the ghosts of the gruesome events 70 years ago still haunt Sino-Japanese relations. …The 90-minute documentary in English with Chinese subtitles focuses on a […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Sentinel: The Chinese premier’s visit to Tokyo indicates a desire to play by the rules and tolerate ambiguity for the sake of diplomacy. Premier Wen Jiabao’s just-completed “ice-thawing” visit to Japan has demonstrates a new sophistication in Chinese diplomacy: a readiness to focus on positive elements in bilateral ties while temporarily setting aside […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Tokyo and Beijing are set to resume military exchanges this year with the goal of holding mutual naval visits that would bring Japanese warships into Chinese ports for the first time since the second world war, Japanese officials said on Monday. The renewed effort to build ties between Asia’s two most powerful […]
Read MoreFrom AP: In his furniture shop across the road from a war memorial, in a city where the bad memories are kept alive and raw, Shen Tao doesn’t mince words. “We hate Japan,” the furniture dealer said, jabbing the air with a cigarette for emphasis. “It doesn’t really much matter what the Japanese government does. […]
Read MoreHere is yet another episode in the history of Sino-Japanese relationships. Dream of the Red Mansion (Á∫¢Ê•ºÊ¢¶) is one of four classical novels in China and it is considered a treasure in Chinese literary history. As such, it is the pride of the Chinese people. Recently, a Japanese adult game titled “The Slaves of the […]
Read MoreFrom Ohmynews International: Divided by culture, riven by political and ideological differences and impoverished by accusations, for much of this century Japan and China have had a wretched relationship. Yet over the past few years amidst the common hiccups, both these nations share a common goal: to make themselves richer by pursuing trade, not war. […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times (link): With no sign of a thaw in chilly relations with Tokyo, Beijing appears to be isolating Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in a bid to discredit him and his policies. This shift in China’s Japan strategy has become increasingly evident in recent weeks and is expected to translate further into action […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link): Japan’s relations with China are at a lower point than at any time since the two countries normalised relations in 1972 and they are getting worse. Leaders in Japan who argue otherwise are trying to fool the public, or they are fooling themselves. The spiralling downward of political relations comes […]
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