Cover -- Greater China and Japan: Prospects for an economic partnership in East Asia -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- 1 Introduction: China and Japan in Asia -- The historical setting -- China's foreign policy: economic development as national security -- From East-West confrontation to North-South divide -- Perceived threats to China's security -- China's defence policy -- Prospects for economic integration in East Asia -- Sub-regional economic integration -- 2 The Japanese model of development and China's economic strategy -- The Japanese model -- Chinese emulation of the Japanese model -- The institution of macroeconomic controls -- China's industrial policy -- The reform of state enterprises -- Summary -- 3 Japanese investment in China -- National motives -- China's investment priorities: infrastructure -- The role of Japanese companies in infrastructural projects -- Japanese companies and the energy sector -- Environmental protection -- Other sectors -- Summary: Japan's indirect investment and secrets of success -- General overview: Japan's direct investment in China's manufacturing industries -- Investment in China's automobile industry: Japanese motives and Chinese incentives -- Background to case studies of Japanese-invested ventures in China: labour legislation -- Management models for ventures with Japanese investment -- Introduction to case studies: adapting Japanese management practice to China -- Case studies of companies with Japanese investment -- China's distribution system: opportunities for Japanese retailers -- Summary -- 4 Japan's role in China's world trade -- China's export priorities and trading enterprise reform -- The evolution of China's world trade -- Sino-Japanese trade -- Summary -- 5 Greater China: sub-regional economic integration -- China's regional policy -- Definition and scope of the sub-regions.

Economic complementarity: motives and advantages -- The Northeast Asia economic sphere -- Summary -- 6 Conclusions: the future of Sino-Japanese relations -- The open door economic policy: trends and prospects -- China and Japan: military rivals in Asia? -- Sino-Japanese relations in the twenty-first century: cooperation and competition -- Suggested further reading -- Notes -- Index.