ROBERT S. ROSS is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. His most recent works are Negotiating Cooperation: U.S.-China Relations, 1969- 1989 and East Asia in Transition: Toward a New Regional Order. He is currently writing a book on the rise of China and East Asian security and a book on Chinese foreign policy with Andrew J. Nathan. Professor Ross is a member of the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations, the United States Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Back to Table of Contents China's Japan Policy: 1990s Back to SSI List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by US Army War College. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com