TY - BOOK AU - HUGHES Christopher W TI - Japan's response to China's rise : : regional engagement, global containment dangers of collision PY - 2009/// KW - JAPAN KW - POLITICS KW - ECONOMIC KW - SECURITY CHALLENGES KW - CHINA N2 - The argument of this article is that Japan in responding to China's rise is certainly attempting to maintain the default engagement strategy that has pedominated over the period since the second world war. The article demonstrates that Japanese responses to China as well as creating possibilities for cooperation, carry the risk of overstimulating Sino-Japannese competition and creating the very downward spiral of confrontation they are designed to obviate ER -