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THE DILEMMA OF JAPAN'S CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CHINA : A CASE STUDY OF JAPANESE MANGA AND ANIME

Wang, Qi (2007)
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
Sino-Japanese relations during late Koizumi period has been widely considered having dropped to the lowest point since the two countries started normal diplomatic relationship in 1972. As a substitute strategy, cultural diplomacy thus became more important to smooth resentments and strengthen common interests on private citizen's level. This paper's purpose was to look at the outcome of Japan's cultural diplomacy in China, and it paid special attention to results brought by popular cultural flows based on the case of Japanese manga and anime. The paper used questionnaires to find out how Chinese college students connected their favorable opinion of Japanese popular culture to their attitude towards Japan, and the questionnaires were... (More)
Sino-Japanese relations during late Koizumi period has been widely considered having dropped to the lowest point since the two countries started normal diplomatic relationship in 1972. As a substitute strategy, cultural diplomacy thus became more important to smooth resentments and strengthen common interests on private citizen's level. This paper's purpose was to look at the outcome of Japan's cultural diplomacy in China, and it paid special attention to results brought by popular cultural flows based on the case of Japanese manga and anime. The paper used questionnaires to find out how Chinese college students connected their favorable opinion of Japanese popular culture to their attitude towards Japan, and the questionnaires were distributed in Shanghai and Harbin. The main result of the paper was that Japan's cultural diplomacy dropped into a dilemma, which meant on one hand it improved Japan's image in Chinese people's mind and on the other hand the Chinese government-led counteraction largely limited its potential power. The main barrier for Japan's cultural diplomacy in China was still historical issue. (Less)
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author
Wang, Qi
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Chinese youngsters, Chinese censorship, Anime, Manga, Cultural Diplomacy, Sino-Japanese relations, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
language
English
id
1325086
date added to LUP
2007-03-13 00:00:00
date last changed
2009-07-01 09:36:40
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  abstract     = {{Sino-Japanese relations during late Koizumi period has been widely considered having dropped to the lowest point since the two countries started normal diplomatic relationship in 1972. As a substitute strategy, cultural diplomacy thus became more important to smooth resentments and strengthen common interests on private citizen's level. This paper's purpose was to look at the outcome of Japan's cultural diplomacy in China, and it paid special attention to results brought by popular cultural flows based on the case of Japanese manga and anime. The paper used questionnaires to find out how Chinese college students connected their favorable opinion of Japanese popular culture to their attitude towards Japan, and the questionnaires were distributed in Shanghai and Harbin. The main result of the paper was that Japan's cultural diplomacy dropped into a dilemma, which meant on one hand it improved Japan's image in Chinese people's mind and on the other hand the Chinese government-led counteraction largely limited its potential power. The main barrier for Japan's cultural diplomacy in China was still historical issue.}},
  author       = {{Wang, Qi}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{THE DILEMMA OF JAPAN'S CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CHINA : A CASE STUDY OF JAPANESE MANGA AND ANIME}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}