Would Japan ally with China?

China’s Paramount leader Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo have met several times face to face to try to build a cordial relationship between the two countries (Fuhrmann, 2016)….China–Japan relations.

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Ambassador Kong Xuanyou	Ambassador Yutaka Yokoi

What did China and Japan agree on?

TOKYO — Japan and China will work together to uphold and strengthen rules-based multilateral trade, the countries said Tuesday, agreeing to bring the recently signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership into effect quickly and to hold talks with South Korea on a three-way trade deal.

Is Japan the enemy or the ally of China?

In a bizarre twist — after China and the US had suffered at Japanese hands — the positions of the two East Asian countries vis-à-vis the US were reversed: Japan became the ally, China the enemy.

Why is there an enmity between China and Japan?

The enmity between these two countries emanated from the history of the Japanese war and the imperialism and maritime disputes in the East China Sea (Xing, 2011). Thus, as much as these two nations are close business partners, there is an undercurrent of tension, which the leaders from both sides are trying to quell.

What if the Chinese never kept up the war with Japan?

Had the Chinese not kept up the war with Japan in the Pacific, the US would not have been able to concentrate its military efforts on the Atlantic.

What would Britain do if Japan annexed Indochina?

Its Army was still embroiled in the war in China. With aid from Japan, Britain probably wouldn’t complain if Japan annexed French Indochina (now in Vichy hands). Britain might even “offer” the Dutch East Indies to Japan in May 1940 when things got really desperate.