Mar Cinese Meridionale

Japan’s (relatively) new government is arguably doing (much) better than its critics inside and outside of Japan anticipated when the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took over power last December.

While the international press did not cover China’s foreign and security policies as priority issues on the agenda of Beijing’s new leadership, China’s incoming leadership under President Xi Jinping is nonetheless charged with the challenge to explain and formulate how Xi and his entourage are planning to deal with the country’s allies and rivals in and beyond the region.