China or Japan : which will lead Asia? / Claude Meyer ; translated by Adrian Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Claude (Economist)

Series:

CERI series in comparative politics and international studies

The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies

Standardized Title:

Chine ou Japon. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

East Asia--Foreign economic relations.

East Asia.

International economic relations.

East Asia--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Geopolitics--East Asia.

Geopolitics.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

China.

Japan--Economic conditions--1989-.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xxi, 195 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]

Contents:

1 Genealogies of Two Economic Giants 9

China's awakening 11

From central planning to market socialism 12

Globalisation and how to make the most of it 15

Growth as a strategic aim of the Party-State 17

Japan's resilience 19

The Japanese "miracle" 20

High growth and external shocks (1955-1980) 20

Rivalling the United States (1980-1989) 22

Crisis and renewal 24

The 1990s: a lost decade? 24

A third round of modernisation? 26

Interlinked fates 27

Economic convergence 27

Five key steps in a troubled history 29

Kinship 29

Emancipation 30

Betrayal? 30

Aggression 31

Recognition 32

2 Mighty But Vulnerable 35

The levers of economic power 35

China's immense potential 36

The world's second-largest industrial power 36

Irresistible commercial expansion 39

An emerging financial power 41

Considerable potential for growth 43

Japan's strength and agility 45

An industrial and technological heavyweight 45

Commercial vigour and internationalisation 47

The world's largest creditor nation 49

Considerable challenges ahead 51

Threats to the pace of China's expansion 51

An unequal society 51

Warding off ecological disaster 53

China's financial burdens 56

Hungry for raw materials 57

The erosion of China's comparative advantages 59

China's political trade-off 62

A bleak outlook for Japanese growth 64

Japan's demographic challenge 64

Japan's public sector debt 67

Japan's dependence on imported energy and raw materials 69

The end of political paralysis in sight? 70

Giants shaken by the crisis 73

3 Japan, an Economic Leader Looking for Normalisation 79

Asia's economic leader 79

East Asia on the path to economic integration 80

A patchwork of institutions 80

Trade integration 82

Towards stability and financial autonomy 85

Japan's economic predominance 89

Japanese firms at the heart of the "integrated circuit" 89

Japanese financial power and Asian development 90

Soft power, Japanese-style 92

China and Japan: a relationship of dependence 95

Japan's aspiration to "normalisation" 97

A renewed focus on Asia 98

A partial conversion to regionalism 99

An ambitious vision of regional construction 100

Growing threats and regional security 102

Active pacifism within the UN framework 104

American protection but greater defensive capacities 105

A great civilian power, sincere but ambiguous 108

4 China, a Global Power in the Making 113

The race for economic supremacy in Asia 114

Upsets in the hierarchy of the great powers 114

The criterion of technological excellence 116

Japan's lead in technology 116

China's quest for technological excellence: a long way to go and an uncertain outcome 119

The ambitions of a major regional and global player 124

An enterprising and "benign" regional player 125

Stable borders and territorial integrity 125

China's active role in regional security 127

A new and predominantly economic regionalism 129

The ambition of global power 131

Tensions between multilateralism and bilateral economic diplomacy 131

A rapidly modernising army 138.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231702867

0231702868

9780231800693

023180069X

OCLC:

730413671