China and Japan's tumultuous relationship

Feb 04, 2014, 02:23 AM

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whilst speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, likened tensions between between China and Japan today to those between Britain and Germany on the eve of the first world war.

Yuka Hayashi, the Wall Street Journal's Tokyo Correspondent and financial analyst Ralph Silva discuss how military spending and economic ties are influencing this relationship.