Example:
1840 The failure of the Opium War forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the unequal treaty of nanking with Britain. Wei Yuan's thought of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners", which is not accepted by Chinese people, has aroused strong repercussions in Japan. The Japanese learned the lessons of the Opium War and began to attach importance to the value of "foreign learning".
The Westernization Movement took the first step of "self-help and self-improvement" in modern China, and began the process of national modernization step by step. With the continuous strengthening of national strength, Japanese nationalism began to expand before China people realized modern nationalism, and soon reached the point of 1874 "sending troops to Taiwan Province province", and began to encourage foreign expansion.
"Sending troops to Taiwan Province Province" was the first time that Japan sent troops overseas in modern times, and it was also "the first event that trampled on the sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty". It shows that the expansion of Japanese nationalism will inevitably lead to Japan's overseas military aggression and expansion, which first points to the traditional international order in East Asia with China as the center. Students in those days became today's formidable enemies, and Japanese aggression greatly stimulated the Qing Dynasty.
Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, tanaka kakuei, Yasuo Fukuda and other leaders of the older generation of China and Japan, with great political courage and wisdom, ended the unfriendly and non-contact situation between the two countries after the war, normalized diplomatic relations between China and Japan, and brought Sino-Japanese relations back to the track of peaceful cooperation.
The signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship not only contributes to peace in Asia and the world, but also creates a good external environment for China's reform and opening up. Two months after the signing of the treaty, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee was held, and the door of China's reform and opening up was officially opened.
Although China and Japan are constantly at loggerheads over territorial and historical issues, the people and governments of China and Japan can clearly see which is more important than the threat of anti-globalization and trade protectionism to the international order and the general direction and future of bilateral relations. This is the real reason why Abe's visit to China and the warming of Sino-Japanese relations have been realized.
Extended data:
The turning point of Sino-Japanese relations is a rare opportunity for both China and Japan.
To understand the significance of improving Sino-Japanese relations, we can start from the following aspects:
1. Sino-Japanese relations are not simple bilateral relations. Both China and Japan are important countries in Asia and the second and third largest economies in the world, playing an important role in Asia-Pacific and world affairs.
Therefore, it is very important to handle Sino-Japanese relations well, and its significance has gone far beyond the bilateral scope.
2, mutual benefit * * * win-win, broad prospects. Once the two sides change from competitors to better partners, they can explore a wider range of cooperation areas, such as third-party market cooperation, on the basis of complementary market and technical advantages.
China has strong processing and manufacturing capabilities, while Japan has advanced management capabilities and science and technology. Once they meet in the international market, competition is inevitable. If we blindly point the finger at Maimang, it will be a lose-lose, which will not only damage both enterprises, but also reduce the service level and quality.
3. Oppose trade protectionism and safeguard the free trade system and WTO rules. In the past two years, the United States has pushed unilateralism and trade protectionism while "retreating from the group" in international affairs, which not only impacted the existing international trade order, harmed the interests of China and Japan, but also seriously disrupted international relations and the world pattern.
As beneficiaries and defenders of the multilateral trading system, China and Japan have every reason to work together to oppose trade protectionism and establish and maintain an open world economic system by promoting China-Japan-ROK free trade agreements and multilateral mechanisms.
People's Daily Online-Sino-Japanese Relations: Compared with history, the future is bigger.
People's Network —— The Formation of Japanese Nationalism and Modern Sino-Japanese Relations