Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun : Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part One -- 1. Getting to the Present -- Introduction -- The Establishment of the Chinese World Order -- The Establishment of the Japanese State -- Early Sino- Japanese Contacts -- China Gains Influence over Japan -- The Taika Reforms -- Eighth-Century Reforms -- Nativist Elements Return -- Not Quite Separate, Whether or Not Equal -- The Ming, the Fall of the Ashikaga, and the Reunification of Japan -- Sino- Japanese Relations in the Early Tokugawa Era -- The Sakoku Period -- Arai Hakuseki's Proposed Reforms -- Fall of the Ming Dynasty -- Kokugaku -- Conclusions -- 2. China, Japan, and the Coming of the West, 1835- 1945 -- The West Intrudes -- The Macartney Mission -- The Opium War and the Unequal Treaties -- The Tongzhi Restoration, 1862-1874 -- Matthew Perry Arrives in Japan -- The Meiji Restoration, 1868- 1912 -- Sino- Japanese Relations During the Restorations -- Sino- Japanese Tensions Build -- Japan Ponders Its Relationship with China and Korea -- The Sino- Japanese War, 1894- 1895 -- The Effect of Defeat on China -- Sino- Japanese Relations after the 1895 War -- Sino- Japanese Diplomacy, 1898- 1911 -- The Russo- Japanese War -- A New Balance of Power -- The Siberian Intervention -- Shidehara Diplomacy -- Sino- Japanese Relations in the Post-Sun Yat- sen Era -- The Mukden Incident -- Expansion in North China -- A Chinese Communist- KMT Alliance against Japan -- The Marco Polo Bridge Incident, 1937 -- Wang Jingwei -- The Second Sino- Japanese War -- The Chinese Civil War -- Conclusions -- 3. Wary Engagement, 1945- 1969 -- Finding a Place in the Post- War Balance of Power -- The New Japanese Government Regards China -- The New Chinese Government Regards Japan -- Negotiations for a Post- World War II Settlement -- Sino- Japanese Relations during the Korean War.

The Bandung Era -- The Nuclear Issue -- Resurgence on the Left -- Irritants Continue -- The Communist Monolith Splinters -- The French Connection -- Intra- Left Disputes -- China Becomes a Nuclear Power -- Sato Takes the Helm -- Chinese Foreign Relations during the Cultural Revolution -- The LDP Reassesses Its China Policy -- U.S. Concerns -- 4. The Tortuous Path to Normalization, 1969- 1972 -- Sato Tries to Engage China -- The Soviet Connection -- Chinese Reaction -- The Okinawa Reversion Agreement -- Business as Usual -- Denouement of the Normalization Issue -- 5. The Golden Age of Sino- Japanese Relations, 1972- 1989 -- Negotiating the Details -- The Peace and Friendship Treaty -- Friendship and Friction -- The Euphoria Ends -- The Diaoyu/ Senkaku Issue and the Yasukuni Shrine -- Great Power Politics -- The Textbook Issue -- Strains Accumulate -- Hu Yaobang Reestablishes Amicable Relations -- The Kokaryo/ Guanghua Dormitory Case -- The Demise of Hu Yaobang -- Insensitive Remarks by Japanese Officials -- The Tiananmen Demonstrations and Sino- Japanese Relations -- Aftermath of the Tiananmen Demonstrations -- 6. Tarnished Gold, 1990- 2006 -- Returning to the Status Quo Ante -- Familiar Tensions Return -- Maritime Issues -- The Asian Currency Crisis -- Jiang Zemin Visits Japan -- Trade Difficulties -- The Koizumi Era -- Mutual Distrust Grows -- Voices of Moderation in China -- New Frictions Are Added to Old Irritants -- The Japanese View -- Anti- Japanese Riots in China -- Rivalry for Energy Resources -- 7. Contradictions Deepen, 2006-2015 -- Efforts to Mend Bilateral Relations -- Fukuda Takes the Helm -- Aso as Prime Minister -- Hatoyama -- The Diaoyu/ Senkaku Issue Redux -- Japan's Triple Disaster and New Pressures from China -- The Islands Controversy Intensifies -- Chinese Domestic Factors -- Abe Returns to the Prime Ministership.

Efforts to Manage Tensions -- Part Two -- 8. Economic Rivalry -- Economic Relations before Normalization -- Economic Consequences of Normalization -- Japanese Concerns Grow: Rivalry Rekindled -- Trade Imbalances -- Japan as Number One -- Effect of the Tiananmen Incident -- The Chinese Economy Recovers -- And the Japanese Economy Falters -- The Search for an Explanation -- Official Development Assistance to China Is Terminated -- Koizumi's Attempts at Restructuring Fall Short -- Current Economic Relations -- 9. Mutual Military Apprehensions -- The Demilitarization of Japan -- The Korean War -- China Rearms … and Regresses -- Cautious Security Steps in Japan -- The Sword Reemerges in Japan -- China Complains -- Tiananmen Square Incident and Its Aftermath -- Effect of the Gulf War -- North Korean Missile Tests -- Crisis in the Taiwan Strait -- New Japanese Defense Legislation -- The North Korean Military Issue Resurfaces -- Dueling Defense White Papers -- New Powers for the SDF -- Effect of the War Against Terrorism -- The Third National Defense Program Outline -- Beijing Responds -- Abe's Defense Program -- The Debate on Amending the Constitution -- The Nuclear Debate Rekindled -- Conclusions -- 10. Taiwan between Two Powers -- Multicultural Influences and the Qing/ Manchu Annexation -- Taiwan under Japanese Rule -- The Kuomintang Assumes Control -- The De- Recognition of the ROC and Sino- Japanese Relations -- Restoration of Japanese Influence in Taiwan -- Taiwan Politics Poised between China and Japan -- Conclusions -- Part Three -- 11. Conclusions -- 12. Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

June Teufel Dreyer's historical synthesis of China and Japan's relationship, Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun, provides a jargon-free, concise, and readily understandable overview of one of the world's great civilizational rivalries.

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