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Hatred has no future : new thinking on relations with Japan / Ma Licheng ; based on the Japanese translation by Oikawa Junko ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

by Ma, Licheng, author.

Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2020.

China -- Foreign relations -- Japan.

Japan -- Foreign relations -- China.

9784866581231 (hardcover) :

4866581239 (hardcover)

238 pages ; 22 cm

First English edition.

An earth-shaking controversy -- What was my "New Thinking on Relations with Japan"? -- The inspiration behind the "New Thinking" : Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang, and their views of Japan -- I am not alone on my journey : He Fang, my mentor -- Emotions must not be allowed to dictate policy : two great supporters of the New Thinking -- Don't hide behind patriotism : was I really beaten up in Hong Kong? -- Is it treason to forgive Japan? The Ge Hongbing controversy -- Curbing hot-headedness with reason : a letter from Zhu Liang and an article by Yuan Weishi -- From "breaking the ice" to a "warm spring" : Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao break the impasse -- How the March 11 disaster brought the two countries closer -- What is the true nature of the unrest prompted by the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands issue? -- Will China and Japan come to blows? -- Hatred has no future.

The year was 2002 - the 20th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations, but also a time when relations grew sharply frostier over the prime minister's visit to Yasukuni Shrine. Into this fray dropped Ma Licheng's 'New Thinking on Relations with Japan,' triggering a storm of debate in both China and Japan. Even now, more than a decade after the essay's publication, the New Thinking continues to have a major influence on policy discussions. While Sino-Japanese relations hit new turbulence over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in 2012, the author remains optimistic that the bilateral issues can be resolved rationally and peacefully. Referencing the durability of the postwar peace between France and Germany, he argues that - for their own and the international community's sake - China and Japan can and must find ways to overcome their antagonisms and live in peace as complementary neighbors. --

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