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17 Nov 2005 05:21:36 AM |
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As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism |
As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1644023,00.html
Japan is stuck in its past, and its refusal to come to terms with it
threatens to define its future and that of the whole of east Asia
Martin Jacques
Thursday November 17, 2005
The Guardian
The past year might be described as the moment time of China's rise. Of
course its rise long predates these years, but this fact has suddenly
been recognised worldwide, well beyond the global elite. It is now part
of the popular common sense, not simply in Europe but everywhere;
indeed, Europe has been relatively tardy in this process. The buzz
surrounding Hu Jintao's visit is part of this picture. The phenomenon
is even evident in China itself, where the past two years have seen a
much wider awareness of both the fact and implications of the country's
rise. In the face of this changed consciousness, it is inevitable that
new stances will be adopted and new policy positions struck around the
world. This is already happening in Japan, notwithstanding its
typically understated tone. Developments there can only be described as
ominous. While Europe still thinks of itself as somehow central to the
future, east Asia is where the future will be played out. It is in that
context that we should see the import of current trends in Japan.
Martin Jacques
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=%22Martin+Jacques%22
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/1891d9836c5591c3
China
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/d3294ecc38a6a57d
Japan
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/69984d4c56600f09
China / Japan
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/9a4257d68479713f
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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| User: "ltlee1" |
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| Title: Japan faces an extremely uncomfortable future Re: As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism |
17 Nov 2005 12:20:29 PM |
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"To engage with China requires Japan to come to terms with its past,
and Koizumi's visits to the shrine represent a symbolic refusal to do
so. Japan is stuck in its past, and its past now threatens to define
its future and that of east Asia. Even during the postwar period, when
Japan dominated east Asia economically and China was weak and
self-absorbed, it never had an influence commensurate with its economic
strength. The reason was simple: its failure to atone for its past and
embrace a new kind of relationship with its wronged and distrustful
neighbours. If Japan could not do it then, it is even less likely to do
it in the face of a resurgent China that is rapidly displacing it as
the economic and political fulcrum of east Asia.
The broader significance of the shift within the cabinet, and the
Liberal Democratic party more widely, should not be underestimated.
Japan remains a profoundly hierarchical society. Apart from a brief few
months a decade ago, the Liberal Democrats have continuously held power
more or less since the war. This lies in a much longer tradition in
which the ruling elite has enjoyed an extraordinary continuity as the
determinant and arbiter of Japan's course. If anything, that situation
has been strengthened over the past decade with the effective collapse
of the Socialist party, once the second-largest party, and the
marginalisation of the Communist party; both fiercely opposed Japanese
nationalism.
The rise of Japanese nationalism should be seen alongside another
trend: the increasingly close links between Japan and the US. Earlier
this year Japan affirmed, for the first time, its willingness to
support the US in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. It has also
agreed to work with the US to develop and finance a missile-defence
system whose intention is clearly the containment of China. It is not
difficult to see the early signs of a new cold war in east Asia, with
Japan and the US on one side and China on the other. It does not have
to be like this. If Japan grasped the nettle of its past and ushered in
a new era in its relationship with China, South Korea and the rest of
the region, it would surely play a major role in the evolution of the
most economically powerful region in the world. Instead it looks
increasingly likely that Japan will remain in splendid isolation from
its continent, weighed down by fear, suspicion and anxiety that its
neighbours, above all China, will seek to lord it over Japan in the way
that Japan did over them for over a century. Its only solace will lie
in looking across the Pacific to the US, which is likely only to
intensify its isolation. Japan faces an extremely uncomfortable
future."
maff wrote:
As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1644023,00.html
Japan is stuck in its past, and its refusal to come to terms with it
threatens to define its future and that of the whole of east Asia
Martin Jacques
Thursday November 17, 2005
The Guardian
The past year might be described as the moment time of China's rise. Of
course its rise long predates these years, but this fact has suddenly
been recognised worldwide, well beyond the global elite. It is now part
of the popular common sense, not simply in Europe but everywhere;
indeed, Europe has been relatively tardy in this process. The buzz
surrounding Hu Jintao's visit is part of this picture. The phenomenon
is even evident in China itself, where the past two years have seen a
much wider awareness of both the fact and implications of the country's
rise. In the face of this changed consciousness, it is inevitable that
new stances will be adopted and new policy positions struck around the
world. This is already happening in Japan, notwithstanding its
typically understated tone. Developments there can only be described as
ominous. While Europe still thinks of itself as somehow central to the
future, east Asia is where the future will be played out. It is in that
context that we should see the import of current trends in Japan.
Martin Jacques
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=%22Martin+Jacques%22
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/1891d9836c5591c3
China
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/d3294ecc38a6a57d
Japan
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/69984d4c56600f09
China / Japan
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/9a4257d68479713f
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Japan faces an extremely uncomfortable future Re: As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism |
17 Nov 2005 02:04:03 PM |
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In ten years, China's navy is going to have to man the Yellow Sea while
Japan is going to have to offer ships to patrol the Pacific Ocean
because the entire Soutthern half of the planet is going to go medieval
on the Northern half including kidnapping, drug running and pirate
ships. It's going to be mayhem.
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| User: "Don Strevel" |
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| Title: Re: As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism |
18 Nov 2005 04:08:06 AM |
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As China grows and (IMHO) dominates the Asian terrain in the years to come,
I feel that there will be more nationalism. China feels a matriarchal role
in Asia. That can be a problem.
--
Many Thanks, :)
Don Strevel, Las Vegas, NV.
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As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1644023,00.html
Japan is stuck in its past, and its refusal to come to terms with it
threatens to define its future and that of the whole of east Asia
Martin Jacques
Thursday November 17, 2005
The Guardian
The past year might be described as the moment time of China's rise. Of
course its rise long predates these years, but this fact has suddenly
been recognised worldwide, well beyond the global elite. It is now part
of the popular common sense, not simply in Europe but everywhere;
indeed, Europe has been relatively tardy in this process. The buzz
surrounding Hu Jintao's visit is part of this picture. The phenomenon
is even evident in China itself, where the past two years have seen a
much wider awareness of both the fact and implications of the country's
rise. In the face of this changed consciousness, it is inevitable that
new stances will be adopted and new policy positions struck around the
world. This is already happening in Japan, notwithstanding its
typically understated tone. Developments there can only be described as
ominous. While Europe still thinks of itself as somehow central to the
future, east Asia is where the future will be played out. It is in that
context that we should see the import of current trends in Japan.
Martin Jacques
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=%22Martin+Jacques%22
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/1891d9836c5591c3
China
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/d3294ecc38a6a57d
Japan
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/69984d4c56600f09
China / Japan
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/9a4257d68479713f
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism |
18 Nov 2005 05:41:46 AM |
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What matriarchal role?
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