A Study Of History Recognition Question Of China-Japan Relation

The problem of historical consciousness first appeared between china and Japan when the first event of history textbooks in 1982. After the cold war, contradiction concerning historical consciousness between China and Japan has become fierce. So for the contradiction has become an important factor which influences the normal Sino-Japanese relations. It is urgent for the academic field to research the present, causes and solving measures about the problem of historical consciousness even now.The paper can be divided into introduction,body and conclusion,amounts to 130,000characters. The content of the paper is as follows.At the beginning of introduction, Illustrates why I prefer the issue, what it means, to what extent the academic field has done, how to carry out my study, that is, methods or approaches of my study, what creativity and shortcomings it remains.The argument includes five chapters. Chapter one discusses the present condition of the History Question. This part initially defines the concept of the History Question. Followed by four aspects which embody the History Question: Japan's Prime Minister and other officials worshipped at the Yasukuni War shrine;revising history textbooks;denying the aggressive war against China and white washing it's aggressive nature;revising Peace Constitution and sending troops overseas.Chapter two interprets that the power structure of cast-Asian Region has changed after the cold war from the respective of international system. The changing post-cold war's power structure of East-Asian is the fundamental cause, which resects in the dramatic Sino-Japanese History Question. Both China and Japan are in rise. Japan improved its comprehensive power by implementing a policy toward a political and military power. China's comprehensive power is also enhanced by economic construction. After a horizontal comparation between the two countries, the article arrives at a conclusion that China's comprehensive power speeds faster than Japan brings up Japan's panic and uneasiness and subsequently makes the divergence greater between the two countries' History Question. Another reason concerning the History Question is the policies which is carried out during American preoccupation and the diplomatic strategy America implements after the clod war.Chapter three from the level of states reargues that Japan's post-cold war domestic political situation's change has influenced Japan to implement a strong and hard policy toward History Question. The change is enormously expressed in three aspects. Firstly, Japan's political reform broke down the synbiotic relationship between liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and financial field which marginalizes the financial field so that it plays little role in Japanese government's foreign decision-making. Secondly, Japan's administrative reform leads to Diplomatic Province's being squeezed and pressed by the ruling party and Prime Minister's team and final marginalization in the foreign decision-making. The greatest unrolling party-Democratic Party was greatly blown in the process of administrative reform so that it can't balance effectively the ruling LDP in the congress. Thirdly, Japan's long gloomy economy leads to the emergence of neonationalism. These combined important domestic changes play great influence in Japan's unyielding foreign policy. In the meanwhile, Japan's culture aggravates the post-cold war History Question between the two counties.Chapter Four, reasons from the level of man why Japan act in disregard of China's attitude toward the History Question after the cold war. To begin analysis is to analyze the Rightists, the public, the Prime Minister of Japan. After the cold war, Japan's Rightists making troubles in the History Question, Japan's public's sea change in attitude toward China and intending to be conservative, Prime MinisterXiao Quan's strange character and pursuing a foreign policy characteristic of strong personality, all the above factors combined bring about the deadlock concerning the History Question.Chapter five suggests some effective ways to solve or assuage the deadlock between two countries. The ways can be classified in the direction of realism, constructivism and neoliberalism. On the one hand, for China, in the long run, she should promptly promote her national comprehensive power and keep the development in balance and harmony based on reality. In the short run, China should take a proper attitude toward the Japan-US Security Coalition, advance the cultural and personal exchange between China and Japan, and force media to give a comprehensive, objective and true coverage about Japan's national image and refrain the rise of domestic nationalism. On the other hand, Japan should learn from Germany, that is to say, Japan should be honest to its past aggressive history in order to deserve trust from other Asian countries including China. Furthermore, Japan should return and merge into Asia, continue its way of peaceful development, eventually become a civilian power. From the perspective of both sides,they should together promote the building of East-Asian Community. So that the History Question can be solved or assuaged in the process of East-Asian multilateral cooperation. The section conclusion ends by summarizing the above main ideas and predicting the bilateral relations between China and Japan in the near future.