Japan's Development Aid to China : The Long-Running Foreign Policy of Engagement

ISBN-13: 9780415352031 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 240 str.

Tsukasa Takamine

Opis

Paradoxically, Japan provides massive amounts of development aid to China, despite Japan's clear perception of China as an important competitor in the Asia-Pacific region. This book provides an overview of the way Japan's aid to China has developed since 1979, explains the shifts that have taken place in Japan's China policy in the 1990s against the background of international changes and domestic changes in both countries, and offers new insights into the way Japanese aid policy-making functions, thereby providing an alternative view of Japanese policy making that might be applied to other areas. It argues that, contrary to the widely held view that Japan's aid to China is given for reasons of commercial self-interest, the objectives are much more complex and dynamic. It shows especially how policymaking power within the Japanese government has shifted in recent years away from officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to politicians in the Liberal Democratic Party.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Japan’s Pursuit of Economic and Political Engagement with China, 1945-78  3. Policy Objectives and Underlying Interests since 1979  4. Aid Policymaking: Institutions, Processes and Power Relations  5. Yen Loans to China: Development, Globalisation and Interdependence  6. Aid as a Strategic Tool: Three Cases of Aid Sanctions  7. The Effects of Japan’s Aid Policy to China and Implications for Bilateral Relations  8. Final Comments

O autorze

Dr Tsukasa Takamine studied International Politics and Asian Studies at Murdoch University, Western Australia. His areas of research interest include Japanese foreign policy and policymaking, international relations of the Asia Pacific, and the politics of Okinawa.