Hitoshi Tanaka is Professor in the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University and editor of this volume. Areas of research include twentieth century Chinese politics and Chinese area studies.

• List of Contributers Preface for English Readership (TANAKA Hitoshi) Original Preface (TANAKA Hitoshi) Introduction: The History Controversy in East Asia in the Light of China’s Rise to a Global Power (TANAKA Hitoshi) Part I: Historical Narratives of China Chapter 1 History of the Republic of China and “Historical Narratives” (KANEKO Hajime) Chapter 2 Historical Narratives on “Democracy” in Republican China (MIZUHA Nobuo) Chapter 3 The Formation of the People’s Republic of China and the “Historical Narrative” (MARUYAMA Kōji) Chapter 4 “Peaceful Coexistence” and “Historical Narratives” in the Chinese Diplomacy (YOSHIDA Toyoko) Part II: Historical Narratives of East Asia Chapter 5 The Discourse on Asianism in Postwar Japan (TAKIGUCHI Tsuyoshi) Chapter 6 The Perception Toward China among Japanese Communities in Dalian After WWI: A Case Study of the Magazine Manmō (MATSUSHIGE Mitsuhiro) Chapter 7 Perceptions of Atomic Bombing in the United States and Japan (TAKAHASHI Keikichi) Chapter 8 Transnational Asia and its Changing Dynamics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century (LIU Hong) Part III: Toward a Generally Accepted Historical Narrative in East Asia Chapter 9 Questioning the “Empireness” of the National History: East Asian History Narrated in Korea, China, and Japan (YU Yongtae) Chapter 10 Historical Perception in Taiwan and Collaborative Studies on East Asian History (HSU Yu Ming) Chapter 11 Historical Perception in China and Collaborative Studies on East Asian History (JIANG Pei) Afterword (TANAKA Hitoshi) Timeline Index