Introduction to the special issue on the comparative study of Asian countries’ bilateral relations with China

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Notes

¹ The non-Japanese participants were: Evi Fitriani, University of Indonesia; Aileen Baviera, University of the Philippines; Jaeho Hwang, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Lam Peng Er, National University of Singapore; John Chuan-tiong Lim, Academia Sinica; Thanh Hai Do, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. The Japanese participants were: Kiichi Fujiwara, The University of Tokyo; Haruo Hirano, The University of Tokyo; Hiroshi Itagaki, Musashi University; Tomoki Kamo, Keio University; Shin Kawashima, The University of Tokyo; Masa Kohara, The University of Tokyo; Kazuko Kojima, Keio University; Tomoo Marukawa, The University of Tokyo; Yasuhiro Matsuda, The University of Tokyo; Shigeto Sonoda, The University of Tokyo; Akio Takahara, The University of Tokyo. Antoine Roth, The University of Tokyo, provided research assistance. The project was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

² One attempt to analyze both sides by applying the Four Factor Model described below, is Takahara, “Forty-four Years of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations Since Normalization”.

³ Takahara and Hattori, Nittchu Kankeishi. Besides Volume I that focused on the political/diplomatic relationship, Volume II on the economic relationship was edited by Marukawa (together with Kenji Hattori). Volume III on the social and cultural relationship and Volume IV on other non-governmental areas were edited by Sonoda.

⁴ Blackwill and Harris, War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft.

⁵ Ripsman, Taliaferro and Lobell, Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics.

⁶ Sil and Katzenstein, “Analytic Eclecticism in the Study of World Politics”.

⁷ Hameiri and Jones, “Rising powers and state transformation”.

⁸ Goh, Rising China’s Influence in Developing Asia; Kuik, “How do Weaker States Hedge?”.

⁹ There is a quickly growing literature on how Southeast Asian nations are dealing with China’s Belt and Road initiatives. For example, see: Oh, “Power Asymmetry and Threat Points”; Liu and Lim, “The Political Economy of a Rising China in Southeast Asia”; and Soong, “Perception and Strategy of ASEAN’s States on China’s Footprints under Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (sic)”.