Dan Slater: Could China Become Another Japan?
A new book raises the grim possibility China could ‘turn inwards’ and end up like Japan. From financeasia.com: China’s decision not to allow Coca Cola to buy local soft drinks champion Huiyuan Juice,...
View ArticleKosuke Takahashi: Hatoyama to Nanjing, Hu to Hiroshima? The New Face of...
From the Japan Focus: With the world economy’s center of gravity shifting from the West to the East, led by China’s rising economic and corresponding political power, the year 2010 may witness a series...
View ArticlePeter Goderie and Brian Yecies: Catching the Wave of Popular Japanese Culture...
From the Japan Focus: The government of the People’s Republic of China has often been criticized for its policies regarding freedom of expression. Cinema in China has been central to this criticism,...
View ArticleChina Still Bans Minerals for Japan
The Chinese government is continuing to block shipments of crucial strategic minerals to Japan. Please read The New York Times article here The blocked shipments of minerals known as rare earths,...
View ArticleJapan Loses a Foreign Minister, Gains an Aircraft Carrier, and Gets Buzzed
Japan has protested the “extremely dangerous” behaviour of a Chinese helicopter which buzzed a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea. From the BBC: The Japanese ship was on patrol on Monday near a...
View ArticleChina’s President Offers Condolences At Japan’s Embassy
President Hu Jintao visited the Japanese embassy on Friday afternoon to offer condolences to the Japanese Ambassador Niwa Unichiro. From Reuters: “We hope the Japanese people will quickly overcome the...
View ArticleChina to Ban Imports of Farm Products from Japan
Increased fears about radiation contamination have prompted China to ban produce from 12 different regions of Japan. From Reuters: China will ban the import of farm produce, including food, edible...
View ArticleExchanging Culture, Bettering Relations
Asia Society and the Aspen Institute have teamed up to launch the US-China Forum on Arts and Culture. The forum, beginning next month, will be sending notable American cultural figures to Beijing to...
View Article‘Martyrs’ Day’ Established to Promote Vision of the Past
The Chinese government has designated September 30th as a national Martyrs’ Day to commemorate those who lost their lives fighting foreign forces, but critics see the move as an attempt to strengthen...
View ArticleChina-Japan Island Dispute Spreads to Cyberspace
On Tuesday, China’s National Marine Data and Information Service launched a website on the Diaoyu Islands which asserts Chinese sovereignty over the disputed territory. The Chinese website mirrors a...
View ArticleChina to Invite Foreign Forces to Join Military Parade
To mark the upcoming 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat at the end of World War Two, China will be conducting an elaborate military parade this fall to which foreign military representatives and world...
View ArticleComic Cons, Crotch Bombs & Sino-Japanese Relations
Despite official suspicion of Western influence, Erik Crouch reports at The Verge that American imports dominated Shanghai’s first Comic Con last weekend following sustained efforts by Hollywood to win...
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Minitrue: Don’t Rain On Our Military Parade
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
View ArticleQ&A: How do Ordinary Japanese View China?
With historically tense relations between China and Japan on high display in recent years amid China’s increased assertion of disputed territorial rights in the South and East China Seas, 25-year-old...
View ArticleAbe Avoids War Shrine After Reported Chinese Request
Official visits to Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine, where convicted war criminals are enshrined among the war dead, have repeatedly angered neighboring countries. On Monday’s 71st anniversary of the end of...
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