The Origins of Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations [electronic resource] : Zhou Enlai and Japan /
Itoh, Mayumi.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Notes on the Text  -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations --  Map -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Growing Up During the Xinhai Revolution --  3 Decision to Study in Japan --  4 Arriving in Tokyo  -- 5 Associating with Nankai Alumni  -- 6 Entrance Exams of Tokyo Higher Normal School --  7 Chinese Students Protest Movement --  8 Entrance Exams of First Higher School --  9 Homecoming Visit to Tianjin -- 10 Returning to Tokyo -- 11 Moving to Kyoto  -- 12 Conclusion  -- Appendix  -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976
Asia-Politics and government.
Ethnology-Asia.
Political science.
International relations.
Diplomacy.
Asian Politics.
Asian Culture.
Political Science.
International Relations.
Diplomacy.