China Bad Blood? Effects of the 2012 Anti-Japan Protests October 25, 2017 0 Written by Kristin Vekasi. Five years ago, then Japanese Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko effectively nationalised the island chain known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku…
International Relations The Islands In-between October 17, 2014 0 Written by Misato Matsuoka. The “Senkaku”, “Diaoyu” or “Diaoyutai” islands have been at the centre of a long-standing territorial dispute between Japan, China and Taiwan.…
Territorial Disputes Amphibious Posturing and the Senkaku Dispute October 14, 2014 0 Written by Ian Bowers. The creation of a Japanese amphibious unit tasked with recapturing the nation’s outermost islands following an invasion is part of a…
China-Japan China’s Perspective on the ADIZ: Backfire or Signal Flare? November 29, 2013 6 Written by Huang Wei. China’s recent move to establish the East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) is widely considered negative and seen by…
China-Japan China’s dangerous gamble November 29, 2013 2 Written by J. Michael Cole. The announcement by China on November 23 that it had established and would enforce an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)…
China-Japan Japan reacts to China’s ADIZ November 28, 2013 0 Written by Corey Wallace. If China’s recent announcement establishing an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) was concocted as part of a strategy to put more…
China-Japan China’s new ADIZ: Do not panic, yet do worry. November 28, 2013 1 Written by Michal Thim. With the announcement of the new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 23 November, Beijing has elevated its territorial claims in…
China-Japan Aspirations and Limitations in Japan’s Defense Planning November 20, 2013 0 Written by Yu-Ping Chang. Chinese assertiveness in the Senkaku (Diaoyu Dao or Diaoyutais) disputes and the attempt to project power in the open sea beyond the…
China-Japan Nationalism and Escalation in the East China Sea November 14, 2013 0 Written by Jessica Chen Weiss. Is compromise or de-escalation possible in the ongoing standoff between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands? With nationalism resurgent…
China-Japan The Diaoyu Islands Dispute in Domestic Politics February 27, 2013 0 By Hongyi Lai. The flare-up of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands in the recent months has caught worldwide attention. In early September 2012 the Japanese government…