Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia
Nov 10, 2014
The significance of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Beijing consists not so much in what is on APEC’s agenda as in what transpires on the sidelines. Meetings between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama; as well as Xi’s meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe loom especially large.
Nov 07, 2014
Sino-Japanese ties have for years been strained on territorial and historical issues, reaching a low point in 2012 when Tokyo’s decision to nationalize the dis
Nov 07, 2014
Asia is holding its breath now, as the icy China-Japan relationship could possibly see signs of thawing in the upcoming informal leaders' meeting of the APE
Zhang Tuosheng, Academic Committee Member at Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University
Nov 07, 2014
Two years after the zenith of tension on Diaoyu Islands, the APEC conference in Beijing presents an opportunity for China-Japan bilateral relations to move forward if a common understanding of history and sovereignty is reached.
Nov 03, 2014
Relations between Japan and China have deteriorated steadily since 2012, when the disagreement over who owns some small islands in the East China Sea moved to t
Franz-Stefan Gady, Associate Editor, Diplomat
Oct 21, 2014
Does Tokyo’s military buildup have something to do with the recent thaw in relations between China and Japan? Franz-Stefan Gady explores the recent tensions between the two nations and analyzes the changes being made to Japanese defense forces since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken power.
Franz-Stefan Gady, Associate Editor, Diplomat
Oct 21, 2014
Does Tokyo’s military buildup have something to do with the recent thaw in relations between China and Japan? Franz-Stefan Gady explores the recent tensions between the two nations and analyzes the changes being made to Japanese defense forces since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken power.
Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, COA, Washington D.C. Office
Sep 08, 2014
While China’s entry into Latin America continues to gain international attention, a push by Japan to increase its influence in the region is receiving far less coverage. As Eric Farnsworth explains, Japan has maintained long-term interests in the region that it is only now seeking to strengthen.
Stephen Harner, Former US State Department Official
Aug 29, 2014
What does the release of Japan’s 2014 Defense White Paper say about the future of Sino-US-Japanese trilateral relations? Stephen Harner warns that Abe’s vision, as laid out in the White Paper, is not a path towards stability in the Asia-Pacific.
Cai Hong, China Daily's Tokyo Bureau Chief
Aug 20, 2014
No matter how hard Japan tries to dress up the war as a valiant battle against colonial powers the truth of its aggression will not be denied, writes Cai Hong.