Čínsko-japonské vztahy

The diploma thesis is focused on current set-up of bilateral relations between People's Republic of China and Japan. Issue of Sino-Japanese relations is mainly analysed on the basis of concepts of neorealism and neoliberalism. The theoretical part of the thesis defines the neorealist theory of mutual threats and the neoliberalist theory of trade liberalism as the starting point for the subsequent analysis of Sino-Japanese relations. The aim of the diploma thesis is to determine whether there is a risk of escalation of the conflict between China and Japan in the near future based on the performed analysis. Within the study of bilateral relations, the thesis emphasizes both the economic and political-security level of mutual relations. The work also takes into account the influence of the US, especially on the side of Japan. In the final part, this work outlines three possible scenarios for the future development of Sino-Japanese relations, which are the status quo scenario, the positive scenario, and the negative scenario.