Making of China’s Peace with Japan

Mayumi Itoh is former Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, US. She has also taught at Princeton University and Queens College, City University of New York and has written numerous books, including Globalization of Japan (1998), The Hatoyama Dynasty (2003), Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy (2010), and The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy (2011).

• Introduction.- Chinese Diplomatic Overtures toward Japan and Zhou Enlai.- Establishing Semi-Official Sino-Japanese Economic Relations.- Cultural Revolution and Zhou Enlai.- Ping-Pong Diplomacy.- Secret Negotiations for Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Normalization.- Secret Negotiations for Sino-Japanese Peace and Friendship Treaty.- “History Issues” and Zhou Enlai.- Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands Dispute.- Conclusion.