China-Japan Relations

The summit ended with the hope of increased cooperation in East Asia, bolstered popular support for Sino-Japanese friendship, and set out a strategy for maintaining regional peace, stability and prosperity.

• Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda
• May 26, 2011
• IDSA Comments

China’s conduct on the Chunxiao issue indicates that it may go ahead with plans regardless of a pending dispute when a vital strategic goal has to be achieved.

• Bijoy Das
• March 24, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The relationship between China and Japan has taken a positive turn in the wake of Japan’s national disaster.

• R N Das
• March 22, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Following the dispute over the seizure of a Chinese trawler and its crew by Japan in the disputed waters in the East China Sea believed to be rich in oil and gas resources, Beijing has been flexing its muscles against Tokyo in another area. However, this one may have far deeper consequences not only for Japan but for the rest of the world.

• Shebonti Ray Dadwal
• March 2011
• Strategic Analysis

The conflict over rare earths is not only a consequence of the monopoly amassed by China but is also reflective of the current flux in global power hierarchies.

• Yogesh Joshi
• December 28, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Would China’s strategic error in inviting Japanese hostility place more blocks to its rise as an unchallenged regional power or would it be able to override the Japanese threat in ample measure by altering its strategic game and finding a meeting ground with the United States?

• Preeti Nalwa
• December 27, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Japan’s adoption of a new defence Guidelines to secure its southern “outlaying islands” closer to China suggests major shift in Japan’s Cold War security policy.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• December 20, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The clash between Russia and Japan over the Southern Kurils in the North Pacific highlight Russia’s emerging role in the Asia Pacific Region and its relations with China and Japan.

• Smita Purushottam
• November 03, 2010
• Special Feature

If the China-Japan maritime dispute in the East China Sea is not tackled and left to linger, it would have a serious impact on regional security.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• September 22, 2010
• IDSA Comments

China’s rise has become a matter of concern throughout Asia and led to changes in the strategic postures of its neighbours. Japan has begun to rethink its own defence strategy and security policy in response to China’s military modernization.

• Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda , Shamshad A. Khan
• September 09, 2010
• Issue Brief