1、51Chinas“Japan Neutralization”Policy and its Perception of Japans Circumstances:the Case of the Divide and Rule Policy toward the LDP in“the Age of Discontinuity”in Japan-China Relation*SUGIURA Yasuyuki*AbstractFollowing the Nagasaki Flag Incident of May 1958,China completely suspended all exchange
2、with Japan.However,it recognized the importance of Japan in its strategy vis-vis the U.S.,and,in light of the intensifying power struggles within the LDP,China launched a divide and rule policy toward the LDP so as to isolate the Kishi administration.At this time,China chose to target Ishibashi Tanz
3、an,Matsumura Kenzo,and Miki Takeo,who were influential politicians and leaders of anti-mainstream factions of the LDP,and attempted to link their visits to China with the anti-U.S.and anti-Kishi campaigns within Japan,symbolized by the movement against the revision of the Japan-U.S.Security Treaty(h
4、ereinafter referred to as the Security Treaty).A series of manipulations toward Japan(对日工作 Duiri Gongzuo)were carried out under the orders of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP),particularly Mao Zedong.As the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis broke out and progress was made in revising the