Showing papers by "Peter Hays Gries published in 2005"
TL;DR: Following the publication of Ma Licheng's provocative article "New thinking on relations with Japan,” 2003 China witnessed a remarkable public debate on Japan policy, and heavy pressure was put on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take a tough line on Japan as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Following the publication of Ma Licheng's provocative article “New thinking on relations with Japan,” 2003 China witnessed a remarkable public debate on Japan policy. Academics tangled with internet nationalists, and heavy pressure was put on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take a tough line on Japan. The crushing defeat of the “new thinking” and a spate of anti-Japanese protests on the Chinese street and in Chinese cyberspace portends trouble in East Asia.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that the relations among nations are inevitably conflictual and argue that states pursue relative self-regarding policies, but debate over whether states pursue such policies is open-ended.
Abstract: Are the relations among nations inevitably conflictual? Neorealism and neoliberalism share the rationalist assumption that states are self-regarding, but debate over whether states pursue relative ...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the Koguryo controversy implicates the very meaning of being Korean or Chinese in the 21st century, arguing that the Korean love affair with China appears to have ended and increasing numbers of South Koreans have begun to view their colossal neighbor with new suspicion.
Abstract: In July 2004, a Chinese claim that the ancient Kingdom of Koguryo (37 BC-AD 668) was China's vassal state ignited a firestorm of protest in South Korea The decade-long South Korean love affair with China appears to have ended, as increasing numbers of South Koreans have begun to view their colossal neighbor with new suspicion What were the causes and consequences of this controversy? Rather than forwarding the usual political, economic and security explanations, this paper interrogates the deeper identity politics at stake, arguing that the Koguryo controversy implicates the very meaning of being Korean or Chinese in the 21st century
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TL;DR: The recent upsurge of anti-Japanese sentiment in China should not be reduced to elite instrumentality, the Chinese Communist Party merely fomenting nationalism to legitimize its rule as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The recent upsurge of anti-Japanese sentiment in China should not be reduced to elite instrumentality, the Chinese Communist Party merely fomenting nationalism to legitimize its rule. Anti-Japanese sentiment in China today has deeper popular roots in evolving narratives about China's national past and in debates over the very meaning of being "Chinese" at the dawn of the 21st century. These popular sentiments, furthermore, are increasingly constraining China's elite as they seek to make China's Japan policy.
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