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China and Japan
Monday 22 May 2006 20:00-20:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Allan Little analyses four parts of the world where the 'tectonic plates' of history keep bringing the regions into the news headlines generation after generation.
No country is watching China's phenomenal economic growth more closely than Japan. The most intimate of friends, then enemies, over the centuries, Allan Little analyses the ways in which both countries have manipulated their historical narratives to fulfil their different destinies.
With the end of the Cold War, China can no longer rely on Communism alone to connect its vast population. It is turning to nationalism to provide a unifying force. And within that story, Japan has assumed centre stage once more.
