China and Japan's Standoff in the East China Sea: It Could Get Very Ugly

November 25, 2014 Topic: Foreign PolicyMilitary StrategyDiplomacy Region: ChinaJapan

China and Japan's Standoff in the East China Sea: It Could Get Very Ugly

"Having looked so weak in Beijing, Abe may now actually be less able to compromise with a Xi Jinping who, in any case, gave no hint that there was wiggle room for altering Chinese behavior in the East China Sea." 

Mike Mazza is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Follow him on Twitter: @Mike_Mazza.

Joseph E. Lin is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a former defense consultant for the U.S. government. Follow him on Twitter: @josephelin.

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