Chronological Record of Major Events in China-Japan Relations (1932-1982) - Five Volumes

Author: Zhang Fengzhou
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The compilation of A Record of Major Events in Sino-Japanese Relations, 1932–1982 by Mr. Zhang Fengzhou and others began after the 1980s. As a colleague and assistant to Mr. Wang Yunsheng, this work is undoubtedly an inheritance of Mr. Wang Yunsheng's legacy. The compilers, maintaining the perspective of historians, meticulously sifted through dusty archives, further connecting the bilateral relations between the two countries after the start of the Anti-Japanese War with post-war relations, seeking the factors that led from the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations to the end of the war and the transition to peace and development. However, due to changes in the times, compared to Sixty Years of China and Japan compiled by Mr. Wang Yunsheng, A Record of Major Events in Sino-Japanese Relations, 1932–1982 has a different nature. If the main purpose of Sixty Years of China and Japan was to reveal the truth behind major events and inspire readers' patriotic and national sentiments, then the more important purpose of A Record of Major Events in Sino-Japanese Relations, 1932–1982 lies in providing people with broader thinking space, prompting deeper reflection on Sino-Japanese relations and even international relations. This is inseparable from the characteristics of the post-war international society, especially those of the contemporary era.