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Monday, December 30, 2013

How to Prevent a War Between China and Japan


How to Prevent a War Between China and Japan
By Kishore Mahbubani
Bloomberg
December 30, 2013

China and Japan, Asia's two most powerful nations, are increasingly jousting in the skies and in the seas near a set of disputed islands. Although their economies remain deeply intertwined, relations between the two governments seem locked in an irreversible, dangerous downward spiral.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe further embittered feelings last week by visiting the controversial Yasukuni shrine, which honors the souls of Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted as Class-A war criminals.

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