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M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G YMarch 200606-03M I T C E N T E R F O R I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D I E Sof the Conventional WisdomThe Audit of Japan-China Relations: Four Fallacies Conventional Masquerading as Common SenseWisdomIn this series of essays, MIT’s Center Kazuo Ogourafor International Studies tours the Japan Foundationhorizon of conventional wisdoms that animate U.S. foreign policy, and put them to the test of data and history. By subjecting particularly well-accepted ideas to close scrutiny, our aim is o gain insight into the future of the Sino-Japanese relationship, to re-engage policy and opinion leaders on topics that are too easily passing Twe need to clear up the misconceptions, misunderstandings, such scrutiny. We hope that this will lead to further debate and inquiries, and errors that beset the two countries’ relations and take an intellec-with a result we can all agree on: tual scalpel to their source. Some of the errors are related to the way better foreign policies that lead to a more peaceful and prosperous world. people think about or perceive themselves, while others stem from Authors in this series are available to the press and policy community. the thinking or attitudes of the other party; still others are linked Contact: Amy Tarr (atarr@mit.edu, to the history of Japan-China relations. Here, in four questions and ...