| China-Japan Relations After World War Two: Empire, Industry and War, 1949-1971 Contributor(s): King, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107579562 ISBN-13: 9781107579569 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - History | Asia - Japan - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.510 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.83 lbs) 277 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A rich empirical account of China's foreign economic policy towards Japan after World War Two, drawing on hundreds of recently declassified Chinese sources. Amy King offers an innovative conceptual framework for the role of ideas in shaping foreign policy, and examines how China's Communist leaders conceived of Japan after the war. The book shows how Japan became China's most important economic partner in 1971, despite the recent history of war and the ongoing Cold War divide between the two countries. It explains that China's Communist leaders saw Japan as a symbol of a modern, industrialised nation, and Japanese goods, technology and expertise as crucial in strengthening China's economy and military. For China and Japan, the years between 1949 and 1971 were not simply a moment disrupted by the Cold War, but rather an important moment of non-Western modernisation stemming from the legacy of Japanese empire, industry and war in China. |
Contributor Bio(s): King, Amy: - Amy King is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, and a Westpac Research Fellow. Her research focuses on Chinese foreign and security policy, China-Japan relations, and the international relations of the Asia-Pacific region. She is currently engaged in a three-year research project examining China's role in shaping the international economic order. A graduate of the University of Oxford, Amy has also undertaken intensive language study and fieldwork in China, Japan, and Taiwan over the past fifteen years. |
