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Author Yang, Chan, author

Title World War Two Legacies in East Asia : China Remembers the War
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Remembrance of the war and Sino-Japanese relations -- chapter 3 The necessity of commemorating the war: Honouring the martyrs -- chapter 4 The benefit of remembering the war: Using the past to serve the present -- chapter 5 Beyond the state: Non-Oficial agents of the Fifteen-Year-War memory -- chapter 6 Conclusion
Summary "How to remember World War Two in East Asia is a huge source of friction between China and Japan, causing major diplomatic and political difficulties right up to the present. As this book shows, however, there is also disagreement within these countries as to how to remember the war, which in the case of China began immediately after the war and lasted with varying degrees of intensity until the famous "textbook incident" of 1982 marked the beginning of a more strongly anti-Japanese position. Based on extensive original research, the book explores how China's remembrance of the war has evolved over time. It not only explores the roles played by the national as well as local state actors in the formation of the Chinese war memory, but also pays attention to the individual Chinese people. It considers particular aspects of commemoration in China, explores the corresponding situation in Japan and discusses the continuing impact on the relationship between the two countries."--Provided by publisher
Subject Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Historiography
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 -- East Asia -- Historiography
Collective memory -- China
Nationalism and collective memory -- China
Nationalism and collective memory -- Japan
Anniversaries
Collective memory
Historiography
Nationalism and collective memory
China
East Asia
Japan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315142494
131514249X