Japan's security relations with China since 1989 : from balancing to bandwagoning?

The book investigates how and why since the 1990s China has turned in the Japanese perception from a benign neighbour to an ominous challenge, with implications not only for Japan's security, but also its economy, role in Asia and identity as the first developed Asian nation. Japan's react...

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Main Author: Drifte, Reinhard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: Routledge, 2002.
Series:Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese studies series.
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