Japan and China: Cooperation, Competition and Conflict

by Hanns G. Hilpert, René Haak

Overview

Focusing on Sino-Japanese economic relations, essays from a January 2001 conference examine trade, investment, economic cooperation, Japan's role in China's economic development, and business activities and strategies of Japanese enterprises. They look at the nature and structure of Sino-Japanese economic relations, and economic forces and long-term trends shaping the relationships. Specific topics include implications of China's accession to the WTO, China's industrial development in the automobile, electronics, and textile industries, and the role of overseas Chinese. Hilpert formerly worked for the German Institute for Japanese Studies. Haak is also affiliated with the Institute. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230563612
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	05/03/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

DEEPAK BHATTASALI Chief of the Economics Unit and Lead Economist for China in the World Bank
JUICHI INADA Professor at the Senshû University in Tôkyô and adjunct Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tôkyô.
MASAHIRO KAWAI Chief Economist of the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Regional Office
YASUKO KAWASHIMA Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Environment Studies (NIES) in Tsukuba
C. H. KWAN Senior Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) in Tôkyô
TOMOO MARUKAWA Associate Professor in the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tôkyô
KATSUJI NAKAGANE Professor at the Graduate School of economics and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tôkyô
MARKUS TAUBE Professor for the East Asian Economy and China at the University of Duisburg
YAN ZHU Senior Researcher at the Fujitsu Research Institute (FRI) in Tôkyô

Table of Contents

	List of Tables	vii
	List of Figures	ix
	List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	x
	Notes on the Contributors	xii
	Foreword	xiii
	Introduction	1
1	The Rise of China as an Economic Power: Implications for Asia and Japan	12
2	China and Japan: Conflict or Cooperation? What does Trade Data Say?	32
3	Japanese Direct Investment in China: Its Effects on China's Economic Development	52
4	Implications of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization	72
5	Japan's Role in China's Industrialization	103
6	Japan's ODA: Its Impacts on China's Industrialization and Sino--Japanese Relations	121
7	Will Global Warming Affect Sino--Japan Relations?	140
8	Japanese Business Strategies towards China: A Theoretical Approach	158
9	Japanese FDI and China's Industrial Development in the Automobile, Electronics and Textile Industries	174
10	The Role of the Overseas Chinese in the Sino--Japanese Economic Relationship	194
	Index	207

Editorial Reviews

Focusing on Sino-Japanese economic relations, essays from a January 2001 conference examine trade, investment, economic cooperation, Japan's role in China's economic development, and business activities and strategies of Japanese enterprises. They look at the nature and structure of Sino-Japanese economic relations, and economic forces and long-term trends shaping the relationships. Specific topics include implications of China's accession to the WTO, China's industrial development in the automobile, electronics, and textile industries, and the role of overseas Chinese. Hilpert formerly worked for the German Institute for Japanese Studies. Haak is also affiliated with the Institute. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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