Greater China and Japan » (1st Edition)

Greater China seems set to overtake Japan and become Asia's economic giant of the twenty-first century. In the past, Japan's need for raw materials to fuel its modernisation programs led to a series of colonial conquest in Greater China. Defeat in the Pacific war ended Japanese aggression in Chinese territory but left a legacy of bitterness. Robert Taylor explores this ambigous economic and political relationship between Greater China and Japan. Taylor recognizes the mutual supsicions; the Chinese fear of a Japanese military revivial and the Japanese concern over Chinese territorial ambitions. He also sees shared advantages, concluding that there is potential for both Sino-Japanese rivalry and cooperation. This book is an invaluable aid to understanding the economic and political tensions between the two countries and the implications of this relationship to the development of the economic regions of East Asia.