The Diplomatic Negotiations Between The United States And Japan Regarding The Violation Of America's Rights And Interests In China

Star with the July 7th Incident of 1937,the Imperial Japan opened a comprehensive war of aggression against China.With the expansion of the scope of war,Japan's brutal acts in China resulting in the United States as the representative of the third party countries which uphold the political attitude of wartime neutrality suffered serious damage to their rights and interests in China.Around the series of losses caused by the Japanese side of the interests of the United States in China,The United States and Japan launched a diplomatic negotiations.Based on Wartime Legislation,The United States believes that Japan is obliged to take measures to protect the lives and legitimate rights and interests of American citizens in China;the United States have the right to claim compensation from Japan when the US personal in China's safety under the threat,or their legitimate rights and interests was damaged because of the Japanese side of the military action.The Japanese government also pledged that all measures would be taken to protect the rights and interests of third parties in China,including the United States.Although,despite the repeated commitments made by the Japanese government,will take all effective means to protect the life and welfare of American citizens in China.However,because of Japan's military action the interests of the United States and the US citizens are frequently damaged.The victims of these events are mainly divided into:US officials(US diplomats in China and US troops in China);US warships;American missionaries and church industry;American businessmen and business these major categories.This paper chooses some representative events as an example,and analyzes the US-Japan diplomatic negotiations on these events from the perspective of the two countries in a thematic form.From Japan and the United States diplomatic negotiations we can see the following content.Because of the prevalence of domestic isolationism,Americans fighting a strong sense of war.Therefore,the US government in dealing with such incidents,often take diplomatic means to protest against the Japanese atrocities,asked the Japanese side to apologize and compensate for the loss.With the war widened,Japanese atrocities are becoming more frequent,but the United States still want to fight for the time to prepare for war,so although the Japanese government's apology and compensation are not sufficient,they still take a compromise.Early in order to successfully carry out military operations in China,the Japanese government adopted a policy of goodwill towards the United States and trying to avoid stimulating the United States and its domestic public opinion.With the international situation changes,the ambition of the Japanese empire is growing,Japan is no longer particularly concerned about the interests of the United States in China,and no longer deliberately avoid the possibility of stimulating the behavior of the United States.But in order to win the time,Japan is still working with the United States.So,faced with the United States to protest the Japanese government to apologize and often are willing to compensate.But the Japanese government interpreted all the events as non-deliberate"accident" or "accident",from beginning to end try to shifting responsibility.In the process of negotiations between the US and Japan,Japan has fully exposed the aggressive nature and hypocrisy;the United States on the one hand adhere to the principle of requiring Japan to apologize for compensation,on the other hand took a compromise attitude for the delay time.