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The China-Japan relationships: the most important but also the most complex relationships in East Asia, characterised during the five years (2001-2006) of the Koizumi governments by increasing & deepening economic relations and, at the same time, by a freeze in political relations. Now, the new Abe government seems to be ready to mend relations also at the political level, as shown by his visit to Beijing on October the 8th, a few days after the appointment as prime minister. Will Abe be successful? Although the two countries are divided by many issues, here discussed & analysed, the growing economic interdependence & integration is a powerful factor promoting political dialogue & compromises. However, while talking to China, Japan will continue to strengthen the alliance with the United States: her insurance policy in a region still fractured & divided and, paradoxically, a stabilizing factor. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Section I The Macroeconomic Picture -- 1 Bridging TWo Continents: EU-ASEAN Trade and Investment -- Introduction -- ASEAN and the 'East Asian Miracle' -- EU Trade Policies Towards ASEAN -- An Analysis of EU-ASEAN Trade -- Implications of the Asian Financial Crisis -- Concluding Remarks -- 2 Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN: an Historical Perspective -- Introduction -- ASEAN Industrialization Strategies during the Colonial Era -- ASEAN Industrialization Strategies during the Post-Independence Era -- Trends of Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN -- Regionalism, and its Implications for Investment in ASEAN -- Concluding Remarks -- 3 Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN: a Contemporary Perspective -- Introduction -- The Investment Strategies of Transnational Corporations in ASEAN prior to the Asian Financial Crisis -- Results from the Bradford ASEAN Survey -- The Post-Crisis Investment Strategies of Transnational Corporations in ASEAN -- Concluding Remarks -- 4 ASEAN's Outward Direct Investment in Europe -- Introduction -- Government Policies on Outward Investment -- Flows of Outward Direct Investment from the ASEAN Countries -- Stocks of Outward Direct Investment from the ASEAN Countries -- An Analysis of Outward Direct Investment by ASEAN Companies -- Concluding Remarks -- Section II The Asian Financial Crisis -- 5 Financial Upheaval in the ASEAN Countries: a European Perspective -- Introduction -- Theoretical Considerations -- The European Monetary System Crisis of 1992-93 -- The Asian Currency Crisis of 1997 -- What is at Stake for the European Union? -- The Asian Crisis: a Missed Opportunity for the European Union? -- 6 The Banking Crisis and Competitiveness in the Asian Economies -- Introduction.