Lecture of Opportunity | Sheila Smith: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China
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Sheila Smith, "Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China," Lecture of Opportunity, Oct. 14, 2015. Key power transitions are taking place in the Pacific arena. Dr. Smith will cover many of the themes in her newly published book. Further, drawing on some of the most recent actions by both nations (key end of World War II anniversary dates, territorial issues, domestic economics/politics) will outline her views for both nations and the United States in the years ahead. Sheila A. Smith, PhD, an expert on Japanese politics and foreign policy, is senior fellow for Japan studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is the author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China (Columbia University Press, 2015) and Japan's New Politics and the U.S.-Japan Alliance (Council on Foreign Relations, June 2014). Her current research focuses on how geostrategic change in Asia is shaping Japan's strategic choices. In the fall of 2014, Smith began a new project on Northeast Asian Nationalisms and Alliance Management. She joined CFR from the East-West Center in 2007, where she directed a multinational research team in a cross-national study of the domestic politics of the U.S. military presence in Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. She teaches as an adjunct professor at the Asian Studies Department of Georgetown University and serves on the board of its Journal of Asian Affairs. She earned her MA and PhD degrees from the department of political science at Columbia University. ***** Disclaimer: The views expressed are the speaker's own and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Naval War College, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or any other branch or agency of the U.S. Government.
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Her lecture information is all on the news. It is all descriptive. Her statement on the scale of the Japanese ODA to China was rubbish, the total ODA only add up to $US40 million in the last 7 years. I think China accepted it as a friendly gesture. The Japanese can never compensate enough for the war damage they have done to China which was about $US383 billion In 1937 exchange rate (50 times Japan's GDP that time), not account for 30 millions human lives. The total Japanese ODA to China to date including Loan ($US 33 billions) Aid grant ($US 1.5 billions). One can imagine the insignificant impacts of these aids to China's development. China spent $US100 billions every year since 2009 just on the high speed rail alone.I don't know why China did not ask Japan for War damage compensation. Justice was never prevail over the second Sino-Japanese War.
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Please cut away to the slide deck when the presenter is referencing them, thanks.
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