China responds to Japan–US ‘sushi’ diplomacy | East Asia Forum
May 17, 2014 · Obama stated that US commitments under the US–Japan Security Treaty ‘extend to all the territories under the administration of Japan, including the Senkaku Islands’ and that the United States ‘opposes any unilateral action that seeks to undermine Japan’s administration of the Senkaku Islands’. He also supported Japan’s consideration of …
The Sino–Japanese battle for hearts and minds over the …
Mar 16, 2013 · Both China and Japan have stepped up their public diplomacy efforts in order to gain sympathy from the international community in their dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands. China has made an orchestrated effort to tie the issue closer to the history of Japanese aggression, thereby appealing to shared experiences among its old World War II ...
The risks of posturing in East Asia
Dec 18, 2013 · Ongoing tensions with Japan over the Senkaku Islands, the banning of fish imports from Norway in 2010 as retribution for awarding Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize, the blocking of banana imports from the Philippines in 2012 as punishment over the Scarborough Shoal dispute, and most recently China’s abrupt declaration of an ...
A new norm in China–Japan relations? | East Asia Forum
Nov 1, 2018 · Japan has had some success in eliciting a consensus from China on these points. Chinese vessels have made frequent appearances in territorial waters and contiguous zones around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands since 2012. China is keen to persist with these endeavours and maintain the status quo in the East China Sea.
A Chinese view on fixing the Japan relationship | East Asia Forum
Sep 23, 2015 · What hope, then, is there for an improvement in this relationship? In September 2012, the very day after his meeting with then Chinese president Hu Jintao on the sidelines of APEC in Vladivostok, then Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda announced the nationalisation of some of the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. For many in China, it was
islands. Abe’s meeting with Trump was a rare clear-cut success for Japan’s diplomacy. Tokyo got almost everything it wanted, including a clear commitment from the united states to apply Article 5 of the us–Japan security Treaty to the senkaku/diaoyu islands, securing us military support in the event of an armed attack against Japan.
Can Abe's 'hug diplomacy' mollify Trump and calm the chaos he …
May 27, 2019 · In Brief. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pulling out all the stops for US President Donald Trump. After Abe visited Trump in Washington on 26–27 April, Trump is in Tokyo now for a four-day state visit.
Jul 8, 2022 · disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands in 2016. In 2019, Russian aircraft peeled off from a joint Chinese–Russian exercise to enter the airspace of the Takeshima Islands—territory that is disputed between South Korea and Japan—in a deliberate attempt to exacerbate tensions between the two US allies. Russia and China also began
behaviour over the senkaku–diaoyu islands is curtailing their strategic space. At the heart of both these issues is the dominant contradiction in China’s current role—a major country central to global growth and stability, but one that feels beset by immense internal challenges and the
Escalating territorial tension in East Asia echoes Europe’s descent ...
Feb 13, 2013 · In Brief. The recent activation of Chinese weapons radars aimed at Japanese military platforms around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands is the latest in a series of incidents in which China has asserted its power and authority at the expense of its neighbours.