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Book Review: Sino-Japanese Relations: Facing the Past, Looking to the Future?

Book Review: Sino-Japanese Relations: Facing the Past, Looking to the Future? China Information XX (2) 066503-521 Book Revs 29/6/06 2:56 pm Page 346 Caroline ROSE, Sino-Japanese Relations: Facing the Past, Looking to the Future? London: Routledge, 2005. xiv + 175 pp., with appendices. ISBN: 0-415-29722-2 (hc). Price: £65.00. [DOI: 10.1177/0920203X06066518] This volume by Caroline Rose makes a useful contribution to furthering our understanding of the bilateral relations of China and Japan and the contro- versies surrounding the “history issue” which have continued to dog them in recent years. While there have been numerous studies that have explored Sino-Japanese controversies and the “history problem,” the novelty of the author’s approach lies in her analytical framework, which “build[s] upon the existing body of literature on the various war-related problems in Sino- Japanese relations” but “consider[s] them within an overarching framework of reconciliation” (p. 10). Unlike conventional studies, which analyze the reasons for historical controversies between the two states, the author goes further by exploring “the ways in which the governments and peoples have attempted to resolve the issues, considering the successes and failures” (p. 10). The analytical lens of “reconciliation” is clearly outlined in chapter one, and the framework permeates and informs the case studies throughout. Her findings may not come as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Information: A Journal on Contemporary China Studies SAGE

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China Information XX (2) 066503-521 Book Revs 29/6/06 2:56 pm Page 346 Caroline ROSE, Sino-Japanese Relations: Facing the Past, Looking to the Future? London: Routledge, 2005. xiv + 175 pp., with appendices. ISBN: 0-415-29722-2 (hc). Price: £65.00. [DOI: 10.1177/0920203X06066518] This volume by Caroline Rose makes a useful contribution to furthering our understanding of the bilateral relations of China and Japan and the contro- versies surrounding the “history issue” which have continued to dog them in recent years. While there have been numerous studies that have explored Sino-Japanese controversies and the “history problem,” the novelty of the author’s approach lies in her analytical framework, which “build[s] upon the existing body of literature on the various war-related problems in Sino- Japanese relations” but “consider[s] them within an overarching framework of reconciliation” (p. 10). Unlike conventional studies, which analyze the reasons for historical controversies between the two states, the author goes further by exploring “the ways in which the governments and peoples have attempted to resolve the issues, considering the successes and failures” (p. 10). The analytical lens of “reconciliation” is clearly outlined in chapter one, and the framework permeates and informs the case studies throughout. Her findings may not come as

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