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Item The Diplomatic Relations during Sino-Japanese Wars and its Implications for Modern Sino-Japanese Relations(ACUJOH, 2019-01-01) OGUNSEYE Inioluwa; FARAYOLA VictoriaThis paper discusses the Diplomatic relations during Sino-Japan wars and its implications for modern Sino-Japan International relations in the 20th century was characterized by the prevailing forces of expansionism, colonialism and struggle for power and influence by European powers in Europe, Asia, and even in Africa. This highlighted the paradoxes in the ‘subtle’ and pragmatic westernization of Japan by the United States in the nineteenth century laden with the spread of capitalism against communism. This has not been without costs and unprecedented variations in Sino-Japanese social institutions, economic, political, military relations even in contemporary times. This manifested in détente against Chinese allied aggression in the South China sea and Asia with dual co-operation and sometimes ‘conflict of interest’. Using the historical approach, this paper examines the diplomatic relations during Sino-Japanese wars and its implications for modern Sino-Japanese Relations. It argues that Japan’s ‘courting’ of the United States since the first World War was a means to an end to achieve power status in the region as well as gain recognition as belonging to the class of the powerful hegemon countries and that explains her survival and the conduct of the diplomacy between China and the West today. The paper concludes that Japan did not change its diplomatic strategy in the region and globally, it has only manifested during different epochs and helped strengthened Japanese cause as a regional power.