One of the world’s top scholars on China and Japan, Vogel examines bilateral relations from 1895 – when Japan gained the upper hand – through Versailles, Manchuria, WWII, and the post-Mao era when Japanese aid helped fuel Chinese development. Then the tables gradually turned, and China got the upper hand. Vogel will answer questions and discuss what might lie ahead. This Zoom talk is organised by the Royal Asiatic Society Beijing.

•       WHEN: June 10 from 21:00 – 22:00 PM Beijing Standard Time

•       HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: This event is free and exclusively for members of the RASBJ and affiliated RAS branches. If you become an RASBJ member by June 7, you will receive a registration link for this event.

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MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back fifteen hundred years. But today their relationship is strained. China’s military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan’s brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years less than ten percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the other side must deal openly with its history before relations can improve. One of the world’s most eminent scholars of East Asia, Ezra K. Vogel is the author of numerous books on Japan and China, including the critically acclaimed best-seller Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China. He is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University.