China China: taking history seriously September 4, 2015 0 Written by Mark Beeson. Many people outside China find it hard to understand its obsession with history. Appropriately enough, however, a little historical context can…
China Abe’s statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and Sino-Japanese relations August 17, 2015 0 Written by Karl Gustafsson. On 14 August, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered his long anticipated statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of the…
Japan-Taiwan Taiwan in Japan’s historical narrative February 27, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. The coming 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is not abating the debate over Japan's historical responsibility…
