The Origins of Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations (eBook)

Zhou Enlai and Japan

Mayumi Itoh (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2015
XV, 243 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-56616-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents a comprehensive and in-depth examination of Zhou Enlai's childhood in Japan, where he learned about Marxism. Itoh analyzes primary sources to demonstrate how Zhou's experiences in Japan gave him a profound understanding of Japanese people and society that would become the foundation for contemporary Sino-Japanese relations.

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In this book, Mayumi Itoh presents a comprehensive and in-depth examination of China's first Premier Zhou Enlai's youth in Japan, where he received his enlightenment in Marxism from the Japanese scholar Kawakami Hajime. Itoh analyzes primary sources including diaries and letters to reveal the innermost thoughts of young Zhou about how to save China from total destruction by imperial powers, and demonstrate how Zhou's time in Japan gave him a profound understanding of the Japanese people and society. These formative experiences would become the foundation for post-World War II Chinese foreign policy toward Japan and the origins of contemporary Sino-Japanese relations.

Autor

Mayumi Itoh is a former Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has also taught at Princeton University, USA, and Queens College, CUNY, USA. She is the author of numerous books, including Globalization of Japan: Japanese Sakoku Mentality and U.S. Efforts to Open Japan and The Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership Through the Generations.

Inhalt

ContentsNotes on the TextAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations Map Photographs1. Introduction2. Growing up during the Xinhai Revolution3. Decision to Study in Japan 4. Arriving in Tokyo 5. Associating with Nankai Alumni6. Entrance Exams of Tokyo Higher Normal School 7. Chinese Students Protest Movement8. Entrance Exams of First Higher School9. Homecoming Visit to Tianjin10. Returning to Tokyo11. Moving to Kyoto 12. ConclusionAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.5.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 243 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: China • Diplomacy • Generational change • Globalization • Japan • Political Leadership • Protest • Revolution
• ISBN-10: 1-137-56616-7 / 1137566167
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-56616-4 / 9781137566164