From the Japan Times: “On Sino-Japanese relations, we can see some changes toward being more restrained, more analytical and less emotional,” said Liang Yunxiang, an associate professor in international relations at Peking University. This approach to China’s Japan coverage, different from a year ago when Chinese media omitted Japan’s perspectives or ran only negative Japanese […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: At a time of rising political tensions, heightened by a growing nationalism, China and Japan are more intertwined economically than they have ever been. In their breadth and intensity, the ties have begun to surpass those between the United States and Japan, whose economic relationship has often been called the […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: China’s cancellation of a fence-mending visit by the Japanese foreign minister following Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visit to a shrine dedicated to Japan’s war dead highlights once again where the real threat to security in East Asia is emanating from. The fact that Beijing called off Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura’s […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune, via Google news: Japan has proposed to China that working-level talks on undersea oil and gas deposits in a disputed area of the East China Sea resume on Oct. 19, Japan’s trade minister said Tuesday. Shoichi Nakagawa gave no other details of the proposed talks, which would be the fourth […]
Read MoreThis article was written for China Digital Times: With the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII in Asia at hand, Japanese-Chinese relations are once again painfully tangled. Despite the massive strides made by both China and...
Read MoreFrom The Asia Times Online: A month before Beijing and Tokyo prepare to commemorate the highly sensitive 60th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender on August 15, relations between the two neighbors are dangerously strained over a host of historical, territorial and economic disputes. The current focal point of bilateral tension is the annual […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited, via China National News: China’s foreign minister again refused to apologize to Tokyo on Saturday for anti-Japan protests last month that damaged Japanese diplomatic compounds and businesses, but the sides agreed to pursue talks on compensating Tokyo for the damages, a Japanese official said. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his Japanese […]
Read MoreFrom Peopledaily: In a five-point proposal on the development of Sino-Japanese relations, Chinese President Hu Jintao said the two countries should further strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields so as to increase mutual understanding, promote mutual interests and keep bilateral relations on a healthy track. After China and Japan normalized relations in 1972, the […]
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via A Glimpse of the World: Could there be something between the timing of the anti-Japanese protests and the mainland visits by Taiwanese opposition leaders? It is probably too early to say, but there are many reasons to believe that profound shifts are under way in Sino-Japanese and cross-strait […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Audience who listened to lectures given by a group of former Chinese diplomats in the past few days on the Sino-Japanese relations all agreed that reason was needed in showing patriotism… Xu was on a national speech tour organized by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and […]
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