TY  - BOOK
AU  - TAKAMINE Tsukasa
TI  - A new dynamism in Sino-Japanese security relations: Japan's struggle use of foreign aid
PY  - 2005///
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - FOREIGN RELATIONS
KW  - CHINA
KW  - EAST ASIA
KW  - REGIONAL SECURITY
N2  - This article looks at Sino-Japanese security relations since the mid-1990s through 3 case studies of the aid sanctions imposed by Japan on China. It clarifies the domestic political and bureaucratic interests that motivated aid sanctions and determined the decision-making process leading to these sanctions. The article argues, that with the politico-security interests, Japanese governments actively used foreign aid as a strategic instrument to counter provocative military actions by China in the East Asian region since the mid-1990s. Despite the limited influence that Japanese aid sanctions have actually had on Chinese military behaviour, Japan's strategic use of foreign aid has undeniably created a new dynamism in security relations between the two neigbouring great powers in Asia
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