Impact of the Asian Cold War over Sino-Japanese Relations

我的研究初衷是分析在20世纪80年代至90年代世界政治结构性变化的背景下，中日关系为何发生变化，以及以何种方式发生变化。但在研究过程中，我发现有必要首先弄清80年代的“中日友谊”关系是如何形成的。因此，本研究以中国改革开放初期及日本社会如何支持改革开放为主要研究对象，并以中日企业界人士（以日本人为主）为对象进行访谈，并与近年来中国方面公开发表的文献及回忆录进行比较分析。因此，日本对中国经济发展的积极支持在1978年底邓小平的政治建立中变得至关重要。据推测，从那时起，中日关系的发展深深地嵌入了中国政治，并在其影响下继续不稳定。

Originally my research purpose was to analyze why and in what way Sino-Japanese relations were transformed under the structural change in world politics between 1980s and 1990s. During the course of research, however, I found it was necessary first to clarify how "Sino-Japanese friendship" relations in 1980s were formulated. Therefore this research was focused more on the early stage of Chinese "Openings and Reforms (Gaige Kaifang)" and how Japanese society supported it. It was conducted by mixed measures : (1) interviews to those who were involved with Sino-Japanese business (mostly Japanese), and (2) Comparative analysis of the above with documents and documentary memoirs publicized from Chinese side in recent years. As a result, positive Japanese support for Chinese economic development was found to be essential in Deng Xiaoping's political establishment in the end of 1978. It is speculated that since then the developments in Sino-Japanese relations were embedded deeply into Chinese politics, and continued to be unstable under its influence.