Tough Times Ahead? Escalating Tensions Between Japan and China: Dual Perspectives
Nick Bishop and Kai Liao
Fallout from the September 8 arrest of a Chinese trawler captain, by the Japanese Coast Guard, has gradually escalated, inflaming Japanese-Chinese relations. The trawler, suspected of illegal fishing, collided with two Japanese coast guard ships in disputed waters in the East China Sea. These events coincided on September 18 with the anniversary of the 1931 Japanese occupation of Northeastern China, which saw nationwide anti-Japanese protests marking the occasion.
Related Publications
-
ISDP Annual Report 2023
ISDP’s Annual Report for the year 2023. We look back on 2023, a year in which tensions and conflicts captured the strategic space in ISDP’s focus areas, making headlines around […]
-
Risk Reduction and Crisis Management on the Korean Peninsula
The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inherently intertwined with the growing instability of the East Asian security environment, where high tensions significantly increase the risk of unintended incidents and armed […]