Selected Posts on Japan-China Relationship, History Issues, and the Right-wing Myth

My writing mentor is in Japan to do research for his upcoming book, and yesterday, we met for the first time. I promised to look through my blog for the posts most relevant to the points I made. It turned out to be a huge chore, so I’m posting the list here, just in case it might come in handy again. I also noticed that they, as well as many others that I omitted, tended to come in the form of critiquing the mainstream media. Just sayin’.
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My writing mentor is in Japan to do research for his book, and yesterday, we met for the first time. I promised to look through my blog for the posts most relevant to the points I made. It turned out to be a huge chore, so I’m posting the list here, just in case it might come in handy again. I also noticed that they, as well as many others that I omitted, tended to come in the form of critiquing the mainstream media. Just sayin’.

1. Here is my fullest exposition to date on the convergence of Japanese and Chinese interests. I hadn’t developed the catchphrase “competitors, not antagonists” yet, but the basic argument is there.

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2007/10/future-of-japans-relations-with-us-and.html

2. Here, following the Glocom link, is a more recent manifestation of my convergence-of-interests trope in a drive-by on Jim Hoagland. There’s brief outline of the change of heart on the part of the Chinese authorities after anti-Japanese demonstrations became a threat to domestic stability. I found another post where I conjectured that Mr. Abe must have cut the deal somewhere in the spring or summer of 2006 before he became Prime Minister, but I lost the link, and I’m too pooped to look for it again.

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2008/05/jim-hoagland-swings-and-misses-mightily.html"

The poisoned Chinese dumplings issue shows the two governments struggling to contain the fallout with their respective domestic constituency in mind.

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2008/02/media-online-community-governments.html

2. Here, I explain that constitutional amendment is not an issue in the 2007 Upper House election.

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2007/07/bbc-takes-on-constitutional-amendment.html

Later, I explain how the LDP loss was not a rejection of Prime Minister Abe’s of nationalist/right-wing/conservative—your pick—politics:

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2007/08/ldp-loses-big-and-prime-ministers-no.html

3. Here, I take on the “history issue” issue. Bonus feature: diatribe on misuse of the word “Asia”.

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2007/09/history-issues-trope-on-japanese.html

Speaking of history…

http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-you-know-whats-most-amazing-line-in.html