Rethinking Sino-Japanese alienation : history problems and historical opportunities /
Barry Buzan and Evelyn Goh.
- First edition.
- xvi, 339 pages ; 24cm .
Part I. Historical Similarities and Historical Opportunities. 1. China and Japan: historical parallels versus a narcissism of small differences -- Part II. Construction History Collectively For Northeast Asia Since 1840. 2. Confronting the China-Japan history problem in Northeast Asia -- 3. Evaluating Northeast Asian history collectively -- Part III. Negotiating a New Great Power Bargain: Contemporary Sino-Japanes Strategic Relations in Historical Context. 4. Unpacking the contemporary strategic problem in Northeast Asia -- 5. No bargains: understanding contemporary Sino-Japanese strategic relations -- 6. Re-visiting the historical context of Sino-Japanese strategic relations, 1400-1900 -- 7. Opportunities for a great power bargain between China and Japan.
Contemporary political and societal relations between China and Japan are poisoned by divergent historical memories. This text addresses this problem from novel outsider perspectives.