John Fitzpatrick. About New China, the Koreas, Myanmar, Thailand, and also about Japanese and Chinese writers and poets. The main emphasis is on North Asia and the political tectonics of this very important, powerful, and many-peopled area.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
China & Japan Facing Off
At the moment China and Japan are getting a tad volatile with each other due to a Japanese Coastguard stopping a Chinese fishing trawler around disputed island territory. Now, in the past it would have been quite usual for China to step back and act in a conciliatory fashion, but things have changed... and there's still the issue of the Nanjing massacre for both countries to talk about before there can be understanding. Things really have changed and the new balance is very different now.
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