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Geographically, Japan and China are separated by East China Sea. Although these two counties have close business and trade ties, their relationship is strained by the Japanese country failure of acknowledging the effect past wars between these countries. Japanese leadership has been making unpopular utterances on the impact of the past conflict on Chinese economic progress. In United Nation Security Council, China government has blocked the Japanese bid of having permanent seat thus alleviating the animosity between the two countries. There is also disagreement between the statuses of Taiwan between the two countries (Itoh, 2012). Japan views the status in Taiwan as the affair of mutual interest; however, China regards Taiwan as renegade territory. The act of Japanese government to support the project of drilling oil in East China Sea to the west of Okinawa has also created conflict of interest between China and Japan.
With an aim of attempting to facilitate the separation and animosity between China and Japan, the Chinese government sought to block Japan bid of getting a permanent seat in the United Nation Security Council. This act created huge hatred between the leadership of the two great economies. The Chinese government also collaborated with countries that were against the Japanese and United States political and economic ideologies and practices. The Chinese government has also been using its military prowess and economic strength to dominate and control the entire Asian continents. Furthermore, in the last decade, Chinese has always been against almost all international ideas and proposal that are suggested by United States of America and Japan (Hagström, 2005).
In regards to “the winner get to write history” saying, it is clear that in the last one decade, China has used its disturbing relationship with Japan to write its history. So far, Japan fears that China might use its military prowess and economic trend to dominate and control the region. The Beijing efforts of thwarting Japan efforts of having a permanent seat in United Nation Security Council is also another scenario that China has used to strengthen its profile. Economically, modern economists have also described China as a major threat to developed economy including Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Therefore, China has so far used its success over Japan to write its reputable history (Emmott, 2008).
Despite the existence of productive and reliable business relationship between the two countries, the political and ideological differences between China and Japan might be a major business hindrance. Owing to the increasing competition interests, China might use its military power to formulate policies that may affects the successful business between the two countries. The cost of operating and running business in the two countries might also be increased by the existing tension and anxiety that is apparent between China and Japan. The bilateral agreement that has facilitated effective business operation between China and Japan may also face a major setback because of the disturbing economic conflict between China and Japan.
Japanese and Chinese firms need to resist from engaging in political activities to overcome the political and ideological difference between the two countries. These firms should also understand the importance of complying with the set national and regional rules and regulations to avoid conflict with government agencies and operatives. Business agreement between Chinese and Japanese firms will also be a useful step towards advancing their reputation and productivity. With an aim of improving the profitability and overcome some of the issues that affect Chinese-Japanese relationship, firms should also form unions that would advocate for their interests and concerns.
References
Emmott, B. (2008) Rivals: How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade, London: Harcour
Hagström, L., (2005) Japan’s China Policy: A Relational Power Analysis, New York, NY: Routledge.
Itoh, M., (2012). Pioneers of Sino-Japanese Relations: Liao and Takasaki. London: Palgrave-MacMillan
