Japan and China's Cold War Diplomacy in the 1960s: A Study of Accumulated Experience in Diplomacy with Japan and Post-"Revolutionary Diplomacy"

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25705006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Kumamoto Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: OSAWA TAKESHI 熊本学園大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (70508978)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 日中関係 / 中国外交 / 日中国交正常化 / 対日外交経験 / 知日派 / 文化大革命

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study makes use of the relevant historical materials to elucidate the process by which China accumulated “diplomatic experience with Japan” that would lead in to the process of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as well as to explore the impact that accumulated experience had on the realization of this process. The deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations during the period under study places severe constraints on the survey and collection of historical documents. However, after systematically and proactively moving ahead with the survey and collection of published materials, I believe that I have been able to elucidate, to a certain extent, a process of perceptual transformation on the part of China, particularly in relation to “the handling of war crimes” and “historical problems”- i.e., what we might call post-“revolutionary diplomacy.”

Free Research Field

戦後日中関係史