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The China-Japan relationships: the most important but also the most complex relationships in East Asia, characterised during the five years (2001-2006) of the Koizumi governments by increasing & deepening economic relations and, at the same time, by a freeze in political relations. Now, the new Abe government seems to be ready to mend relations also at the political level, as shown by his visit to Beijing on October the 8th, a few days after the appointment as prime minister. Will Abe be successful? Although the two countries are divided by many issues, here discussed & analysed, the growing economic interdependence & integration is a powerful factor promoting political dialogue & compromises. However, while talking to China, Japan will continue to strengthen the alliance with the United States: her insurance policy in a region still fractured & divided and, paradoxically, a stabilizing factor. Adapted from the source document.