The Research Of The Japan’s Diplomatic Strategy Adjustment To China Since The Second Term Of Abe

On how to consider the world pattern and the status of Japan in the 21 st century, three strategic parties are formed in Japan’s diplomatic power: pro-American party, Asian party and right-wing nationalism party. In terms of how to enhance the national interests of Japan, strengthen the independence and promote Japan to be “one polar” in the multi-polar world, the three parties holds different ideas in the right of diplomatic resources allocation, which leads to the wavering and evolutionary state of Japan’s diplomacy among pro-American view, focusing on Asia and radical independence from Koizumi cabinet to Abe Cabinet. This has become the basis of Japan’s diplomatic policies adjustment on China since the second power of Abe.As the second time being cabinet, Abe inherits the heritage of Japan’s diplomatic practice on China when the Democratic Party is holding the power, as well as the value and diplomatic ideas of his first time being the cabinet. The official launch of Japan’s National Security Council symbolizes the construction of strategic leadership mechanism of Abe Cabinet, which also indicates the success of the first adjustment of Japan’s diplomatic policies on China under the leadership of Abe Cabinet. Under such trend, the strategic diplomacy on China formally enters the mature period. Different from the first time emphasizing to realize the normal communication between the two countries, the second time focuses on establishing a smooth Japan-China high-level communication mechanism or platform that promotes Abe’s diplomacy on China to the practical stage.Abe Cabinet’s diplomatic policies adjustment on China is the requirement for breaking through the diplomatic difficulty in the preliminary administration, which is also the needs to support the overall diplomatic policies adjustment of Japan, as well as the demand for containing China to get back “the powerful Japan”. Through the new diplomatic policies on China to win achievements and get support from the voters, and thus further strengthens the political power is the inner motivation of Abe Cabinet’s diplomatic policies adjustment. Limitations of “strategic mutual benefits” on China, the Yalta order in the international system, limitations of the operation mechanism, as well as the governing idea of Abe all might be the practical barriers of the strategic adjustment.Content of he diplomatic policies adjustment of Abe Cabinet on China includes: politically, impacting the global diplomacy of China, taking surrounding state to promote negotiation, and taking communication to get profits; economically, resisting “One Belt and One Road” strategy of China, encouraging Japanese enterprises to adopt China’s “plus one” strategy, and thus struggling for the influence of countries along “One Belt and One Road”. Meanwhile, adding TPP negotiation to resist the regional economic integration plan of China, and focusing more on the significance of TPP over CJK FTA; militarily, seeking a safe rhombic alliance. To increase the strategic means on China, Abe carries out the system reform on Japan, who eases a ban on arms exports and eliminates the system barrier of using arms. On the international stage, he emphasizes the military threat of China, who intends to draw powerful countries around China over his side to deal with “China threat”; culturally, he encourages the non-governmental exchanges between China and Japan, who would like to take cultural diplomacy as the strategic means to increase the interests of Japan. Core target of Abe Cabinet’s diplomatic policies adjustment on China is to promote Japan’s diplomatic policies adjustment, achieve the goal of becoming a global powerful country, and increase the national interests of Japan, of which the essence is interrupting and even containing the China’s rise, and take advantage of China’s strategic resources to promote the interests of Japan. Abe’s diplomatic policies adjustment on China insists on legal procedure, takes Sino-US relationship into consideration, balances China’s rise utilizing beggar-thy-neighbor effect, and comprehensively and strategically deals with the action.Abe Cabinet’s diplomatic policies adjustment on China has been impacting the overall diplomatic layout of China, interrupting the China’s rise, influencing China’s security surroundings and suppressing the economy and trade in China. Japan’s diplomatic policies focus too much on impacting China’s diplomacy that causes large strategic consumption and lead to China’s countermeasures. Therefore, overall effects of Japan’s “Globe diplomacy” and UN diplomacy are impacted that make Japan become part of the American global strategy, reduce the diplomatic independence of Japan and does harm to its international status. Japan under the leadership of Abe temporarily terminates the strategic wavering state of the diplomatic policies on China, which means that Japan’s diplomatic policies on China might enter a long-term formation and maturity period. At present, Abe Cabinet still keeps on seeking the balance of Japan’s interests on the basis of contacting and guarding against China. Simultaneously, with the profound involvement in the global diplomacy, Japan’s strategic means of diplomatic policies on China tend to be more mature, and its diplomacy on China will be more practical as well.