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Category Archives: Sino-Japanese relations
Jaws: A note for books editors and reviewers
Broken links at Amazon are damaging my new book’s prospects. [EF note as of 2010: The relevant links were subsequently established but only after the launch period of my new book had passed.] The prescience of my previous book In Praise … Continue reading
Piranhas in the Amazon system
Authors have always taken on vested interests. Now vested interests have found a new way to strike back. The unsuspecting American public assumes that the rise of online bookstores like Amazon.com has powerfully served the cause of truth. Not necessarily.
A quiet anniversary: The Nanking Massacre remembered — and forgotten
All conventional wisdom to the contrary, Japan and China cooperate closely in key policies, most notably trade. In return for economic favors from Tokyo, Beijing has never pursued claims for reparations over Japan’s aggression of the 1930s and early 1940s. … Continue reading
Posted in China, Global economy, Japan, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade
Tagged imf, massacre, nanjing, nanking, Sino-Japanese relations, tanaka, world bank, wto
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The untold story of Japan’s war compensation record
Although it is well known that the Japanese media extensively censor themselves, foreign correspondents in Tokyo are often almost as hesitant to tell the whole truth. Here is the full story on one important aspect of Japanese policy that has … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, China, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade
Tagged charles a. stenger, compensation, draper-johnson, ian buruma, iris chang, japan times, knickknacks, reparations, semantics, Sino-Japanese relations, torture, unit 731, wages of guilt, william draper, zhou enlai
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Essay: East Asian Alliance
Superficial and largely theatrical bickering notwithstanding, Tokyo and Beijing are joined in a tacit East Asian alliance. (This article was first published in the London-based magazine Prospect in May 2004.) China is now widely seen as the coming superpower. But … Continue reading
Posted in China, Global economy, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade
Tagged aid, beijing, greg austin, james mann, kaifu, karaoke, nixon, plasma screens, Sino-Japanese relations, stuart harris, tourist
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