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The Chinese media have undergone commercial liberalization during the reform era. Interviews with media practitioners reveal that media reform has brought about three different types of newspapers that differ with respect to their degree of commercial liberalization. Based on a natural experiment during the anti-Japanese protests in Beijing in 2005, this article shows that urban residents found more strongly commercialized newspapers more persuasive than less commercialized newspapers. Provided that the state can enforce press restrictions when needed, commercial liberalization promotes the ability of the state to influence public opinion through the means of the news media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article represents the first attempt to examine the Chinese elite's threat perception of Japan using statistics to analyse what, if any, differences exist among the People's Liberation Army, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese economic institutes. It seeks to answer two questions that have not previously been addressed in the literature. First, has there been a change in perception of the Japanese threat in these three sectors over time? And if so, what can we deduce about the causes of this change? This study finds that there have indeed been two major shifts in China's threat perception of Japan since the 1980s, one in the late 1980s and the other in the mid-1990s. It also finds that there were no differences between sectors as to the direction and timing of these shifts. It suggests that Japan's military build-up in the late 1980s and the strengthening of the US-Japan alliance from 1996 onwards are what prompted these shifts in China's threat perception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the Sino-Japanese relationship, which is one of the keys to understanding contemporary changes in international relations. Highlights reviews by Nish and Iriye of the pre- and post-Second World War relations; The economic dimensions of the relationship as explored by Yokoi and Howe.

Since the late 19th century many Chinese leaders have studied abroad, mostly in Japan, the US or the former Soviet Union. Recently, thousands are returning from studying overseas. Is this new cohort of returnees more internationalist than Chinese who do not study abroad? If their values differ and they join China's elite, they could influence China's foreign policy. Drawing on surveys of returnees from Japan and Canada over the past 15 years, we compare their views on "co-operative internationalism" and "assertive nationalism" with the attitudes of China's middle class drawn from a nationwide survey in 2006. Our returnees are both more "internationalist" than the middle class and less nationalistic. So they are likely to support China's increasing international role and perhaps constrain China's growing nationalist sentiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analyzes the nature of contemporary Hong Kong-Japan relations in their economic, political and cultural dimensions. Identity and nationalism within Hong Kong; Changing Japanese commercial priorities; Influence of the handover of Hong Kong to China on the political economy of Hong Kong-Japan relations.

Examines the role of the United States in the Sino-Japanese dispute over the Senkaku Islands in Japan from 1945 to 1971. Historical and legal claims on the island by China and Japan; Existence of a continental shelf area and Exclusive Economic Zone in the islands; Analysis on the American administration in the Ryukyu and Diaoyu Islands after World War II.

Analyzes the evolving framework of Sino-Japanese economic interdependence as seen in the development of plant and technology contracts between the two countries. This approach, according to the author, is the most fruitful to adopt in order to provide an understanding of the nature of the relationship. Suggests ways in which the Sino-Japanese relationship can be further improved.

Examines how far the regional approach to understanding the relationship of China and Japan is a fruitful one and tries to identify how the evolution of the Asia Pacific Region may affect the future of Sino-Japanese economic exchange. The economic character of the Asia Pacific Region; More.

Presents a chronological overview of Sino-Japanese relations, pinpointing the key dates, which, in the period 1895-1945, occurred in 1911-12, 1927-28 and 1937. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95; The effects of the Russo-Japanese War; More.