The Sino-Japanese relations in light of the dispute over the East China Sea

Abstract

This research attempts to study the Sino-Japanese relations, which have undergone a varying degree of changes and developments, as we find between them a state of repeated violent tensions due to the Japanese war on China in 1894 and the war that accompanied World War II after 1937, which still overshadows the relations between the two countries, as we find Distinction in the relations between the two countries, which is one of the most important relations in the international and regional system, which made the region a center of global polarization, which led to an impact on relations with the countries of the region, we find points of difference and cooperation in the relations between them, the differences included the Japanese occupation of China, the demarcation of maritime borders, the dispute over an issue Taiwan and the main dispute revolves around the issue of islands in the East China Sea (Senkaku /Diaoyu), As for cooperation between the two countries, both countries possess major economic resources, the second and third largest economies in the world, and the need for economic and trade cooperation and mutual bilateral investments between the two countries left differences sideways in order to develop Mechanism of international and regional economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region