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Japan is China's largest trading partner and aid provider, yet relations remain strained.
To discuss the future of China-Japan ties and the implications for U.S. foreign policy, the Asia program has published this special report, containing essays by Professors David Arase, Joshua Fogel, Mike Mochizuki and Quansheng Zhao. These four experts examine the complex combination of animosity, rivalry and affinity that exists between these two Asian giants, with particular attention to increasing tension over the future of Taiwan. Oh and Jacqueline Pak, search for the historical roots of Korean democracy. Their inquiries raise issues that will be of interest not only on the Korean peninsula, but to aspiring democrats in Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and elsewhere throughout Asia.