Abstract
Although tension on the Korean peninsula and in the Taiwan Strait are usually identified as East Asia’s most prominent flash points, rivalry between China and Japan may be the key to peaceful and stable relationships in that region. Sino-Japanese relations have blown hot and cold in cycles ever since the 1950s. Direct conflict has never been a serious possibility, but tensions have frequently run high, and national feelings have been used by both countries to manipulate the behavior of the other. Even today, when the Chinese and Japanese economies are closely intertwined, it is commonly thought that the rivalry is more intense than ever—jing re zheng leng (economically hot, politically cold), as the Chinese say—and dangerous for that reason.
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Gurtov, M. (2007). U.S. Policy and Sino-Japanese Rivalry. In: Hsiung, J.C. (eds) China and Japan at Odds. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230607118_7
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