China and Japan at Odds Deciphering the Perpetual Conflict [Hardcover]

This book is a penetrating study of the long conflict between China and Japan. Drawing upon history, geopolitics and geoeconomics, this volume examines these important Asian powers at the bilateral, regional, and global levels. Contributors examine issues including oil feuds, the Taiwan factor, and implications for U.S. interests in Asia Pacific.Theory and the Long-Running Tussle?; J.C.Hsiung Historical and Contemporary Roots of Sino-Japanese Conflicts; R.Chu The Military Race Between China and Japan, and Asian Security; D.Van Vranken Hickey The Economic Dimensions in Sino-Japanese Relations; C.Cheng China and Japan in Regional (and Global) Economic Order; C.Clark The U.S.-Japan Alliance as a Factor in Sino-Japanese Relations; M.Gurtov Taiwan as a Factor in P.R.C.-Japan Relations; P.K.H.Yu & S.Kao Sea Power, Law of the Sea, and the Sino-Japanese East China Sea Resource War ; J.C.Hsiung It Takes Two to Tango: The Sino-Japanese Conflict as Japan Views It; S.Sudo Is Senkaku/Diaoyutai a Hotbed for a Hot War between China and Japan?; U.Suganuma Conclusion: Will China and Japan Be Like Germany and France?; J.C.Hsiung

China and Japan are major regional powers with an increasing global presence. This timely volume speaks to the important topic of their relations. The contributing scholars provide informative discussions of various dimensions of these relations, and help to put contemporary developments in a historical context. - Steve Chan, Chair and Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Skillfully bringing together historical, economic, cultural, territorial, and security dimensions, Hsiung and his collaborators show us how this pivotal Asian nexus, never an easy one, became so troubled. Yet the book also leaves us with a vision of how these old rivals might like Germany and France become reconciled, inaugurating a new Asian political architecture. - Lowell Dittmer, Professor of Political Scienceand Editor, Asian Survey, University of Califl3T