Strange Bedfellows: COVID-19 And The New Japan-China Camaraderie – Analysis

By Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra*

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to fractures in bilateral relationships with China amid growing international condemnation of Beijing’s handling of the crisis, with one notable exception: Japan. Quite strangely, the crisis has bought about a rare Japan-China bonhomie.

Japan was one of the first...