新书： Popular Japanese Perceptions of Mao’s China

书名：That Distant Country Next Door: Popular Japanese Perceptions of Mao’s China出版时间：May, 2019出版社：Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press作者：Erik EsselstromHardback: $68.00ISBN-13: 9780824876562248 pages | 20 b&w illustrations——朱生豪致宋清如本书简介Japan’s road to war in China in the 1930s–1940s is well known, as are the legacies of that conflict in the diplomatic disputes, territorial rows, and educational policy battles between Japan and China since the 1980s. Less understood is the nature of Japan-China relations in the intervening decades. How did a popular Japanese perception of China that facilitated imperial aggression become one that embraced restoring friendly diplomatic ties and cultivating mutually beneficial economic and cultural interactions? Exploring everyday Japanese impressions of the People’s Republic of China from ………………………………