Anti-Japanese sentiment aside, China’s diplomatic strategy has moved past ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy.
- Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
A debate about whether Japan should possess nuclear weapons has resurfaced, much to the dismay of China.
While the row between China and Japan is escalating, there is cause for optimism.
On the 80th anniversary of its surrender, Japan battles waning support for pacifism.
Xi emphasised China’s thriving economy in his new year address, a claim that most indicators contradict.
China and Japan entered a detente during Trump’s first term in what could be a sign of things to come.
The Chinese Communist Party has inadvertently given the country’s nationalist movement influence that it’s struggling to contain.
Xi’s New Year address wasn’t about threatening Taiwan – there’s more going on than we think.
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