The Origins of Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations Zhou Enlai and Japan [Hardcover]

In this book, Mayumi Itoh presents a comprehensive and in-depth examination of China's first Premier Zhou Enlai's youth in Japan, where he received his enlightenment in Marxism from the Japanese scholar Kawakami Hajime. Itoh analyzes primary sources including diaries and letters to reveal the innermost thoughts of young Zhou about how to save China from total destruction by imperial powers, and demonstrate how Zhou's time in Japan gave him a profound understanding of the Japanese people and society. These formative experiences would become the foundation for post-World War II Chinese foreign policy toward Japan and the origins of contemporary Sino-Japanese relations.

This book presents a comprehensive and in-depth examination of Zhou Enlai's childhood in Japan, where he learned about Marxism. Itoh analyzes primary sources to demonstrate how Zhou's experiences in Japan gave him a profound understanding of Japanese people and society that would become the foundation for contemporary Sino-Japanese relations.

Contents
Notes on the Text
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Map
Photographs
1. Introduction
2. Growing up during the Xinhai Revolution
3. Decision to Study in Japan
4. Arriving in Tokyo
5. Associating with Nankai Alumni
6. Entrance Exams of Tokyo Higher Normal School
7. Chinese Students Protest Movement
8. Entrance Exams of First Higher School
9. Homecoming Visit to Tianjin
10. Returning to Tokyo
11. Moving to Kyoto
12. Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index Mayumi Itoh's The Origins of Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations is a meticulous, scholarly study of Zhou Enlai's early years in China and his political awakening in Japan in the 1910s. Zhou, Mao's premier and foreign minister, was one of the most important political lealÃM