The China problem in postwar Japan [[electronic resource] ] : Japanese national identity and Sino-Japanese relations / / Robert Hoppens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787101803321
• Autore: Hoppens Robert James
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-4742-9864-8; 1-4742-1985-3; 1-4725-7548-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Collana: SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan
• Disciplina: 327.5205109/045
• Soggetti: Nationalism - Japan - History - 20th century; China Foreign relations Japan; Japan Foreign relations 1945-1989; Japan Foreign relations China; Japan Politics and government 1945-1989
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. The China problem in postwar Japan, 1945-1970 -- The China problem in postwar Japanese foreign policy -- The China problem in the Japanese discourse on national identity -- Part II. The Nixon shock & the normalization of relations, 1971-1972 -- Diplomacy from the Nixon shock through the normalization of relations -- The China problem in a new era -- Part III. Anti-hegemony, 1973-1976 -- Anti-hegemony : Japan and the Sino-Soviet Cold War -- Japan's China problem in a time of crisis -- Part IV. Peace & cooperation, 1977-1979 -- From the peace treaty to economic cooperation -- Triumphalism and alienation : the China problem transformed -- Epilogue & conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The 1970s were a period of dramatic change in relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The two countries established diplomatic relations for the first time, forged close economic ties and reached political agreements that still guide and constrain relations today. This book delivers a history of this ; foundational period in Sino-Japanese relations. It presents an up-to-date diplomatic history of the relationship but also goes beyond this to argue that Japan's relations with China must be understood in the context of a larger "China problem" that was inseparable from a domestic contest to define Japanese national identity. The China Problem in Postwar Japan challenges some common assertions or assumptions about the role of Japanese national identity in postwar Sino-Japanese relations, showing how the history of Japanese relations with China in the 1970s is shaped by the strength of Japanese national identity, not its weakness."--Bloomsbury Publishing.