British perceptions of China and policy towards Japan, 2010-2024 (Lecture by Ushioda Fellow Alastair MORGAN)

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The Conservative-led British government’s perception of China changed markedly between 2010 and 2024. In 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron described the rise of China as an opportunity. A decade on, the government described China as the biggest long-term threat to the UK’s economic security and expressed increasing concerns about Chinese assertiveness overseas. During the same period, the UK and Japan built up an ever-closer security relationship. Did British government perceptions of China determine its policy towards Japan during this period, or were other factors just as influential? What approaches should we expect now from the new Labour government?

Lecture
Alastair MORGAN
(Ushioda Fellow, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo; Former British Ambassador to the DPRK 2015-2018)

Commentator
SAHASHI Ryo
(Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo)

Moderator
Takeo HOSHI　
(Director, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)