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Sun Cheng

Professor, School of Politics and Public Management, China University of Political Science and Law; Director, East Asian Centre for International Studies

Sun Cheng is a professor at the School of Politics and Public Management and director of the East Asian Centre for International Studies at the China University of Political Science and Law. His main area of research is on Japanese politics and diplomacy. He obtained his PhD in history from Nankai University and has previously been a senior visiting scholar at institutes in Japan such as the Foundation for Advanced Information Research, the University of Tokyo, and the International Research Center for Japan Studies of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He is also the author of books such as Research on Japan's National Strategy (2020), An Outline of Sino-Japanese Culture Exchange in the Modern Period (1840-1990) (2017) and Japan and East Asia: A Time of Change (2005).

Articles by Sun Cheng

Politics

Japan's increased funding for US forces in Japan: A true alliance in the making?

Japan recently agreed to increase its five-year budget for hosting US troops in Japan to 1.05 trillion yen, but this is not the usual "sympathy budget" the Japanese set aside for this purpose. This time round, it has made sure that a greater proportion of the funding will go towards enhancing its Self-Defense Forces and overall Japan-US security cooperation.

Sun Cheng

19 Jan 2022

Politics

What removing the defence budget cap means for Japan's role in the Indo-Pacific

Since 1976, Japan's defence budget has traditionally been capped at 1% of its GDP. However, in a recent interview, Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said that this self-imposed limit would effectively be removed.

Sun Cheng

09 Jun 2021