| ABSTRACT IN CHINESE | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第7-8页 |
| GLOSARY | 第8-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE:INTRODUCTION, EXPOSITION AND THEORITICALFRAMEWORK | 第12-55页 |
| 1.1 Introduction | 第12-26页 |
| 1.1.1 The Argument and Contribution | 第18-23页 |
| 1.1.2 Methodology and Limitation | 第23-26页 |
| 1.2 International Diplomacy | 第26-28页 |
| 1.3 Competition in International Relations | 第28-37页 |
| 1.3.1 Strategic Competition in International Diplomacy | 第29-33页 |
| 1.3.2 Tools and Patterns of Competing Behaviour in International Diplomacy | 第33-37页 |
| 1.4 Driving Factors in Sino-Japanese Competition | 第37-40页 |
| 1.5 Sino-Japanese Competing Diplomacy: Strengths and Weaknesses of InternationalRelations Theories | 第40-46页 |
| 1.6 Sino-Japanese Competing Diplomacy: Contextualizing Alternative TheoreticalApproaches | 第46-55页 |
| CHAPTER TWO: CHINA AND JAPAN: DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AND THREATPERCEPTION | 第55-73页 |
| 2.1 China and Japan:Relative Capabilities and Threat Perception | 第56-60页 |
| 2.2 Japan's Strategic Re-posture in Light of Rise of China | 第60-69页 |
| 2.3 China's Perception of Japan's Ongoing Strategic Re-posture | 第69-73页 |
| CHAPTER THREE:PROSPECTS FOR INCREASED SINO-JAPANESE COMPETINGDIPLOMACY IN AFRICA | 第73-115页 |
| 3.1 Japan in China's Foreign Diplomacy | 第79-83页 |
| 3.1.1 A Sense of Japan's Historical Hegemonism and Decline | 第81-82页 |
| 3.1.2 Concern for Japan's Attempts to Remilitarize | 第82-83页 |
| 3.2 China in Japan's Foreign Diplomacy | 第83-94页 |
| 3.2.1 China's Assertive' Rise and the Implications for a Pacifist' Japan | 第85-87页 |
| 3.2.2 Responding to China's Increasing Influence in the World/Africa | 第87-90页 |
| 3.2.3 Updated Japan-US Defence Alliance | 第90-94页 |
| 3.3 Japan's Views on China's African Diplomacy | 第94-101页 |
| 3.4 China's Views on Japan's African Diplomacy | 第101-115页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR: AFRICA AND HARD-POWER COMPETITION IN SINO-JAPANESE DIPLOMACY | 第115-149页 |
| 4.1 Defence and Security: Utilizing Peace-Keeping Operations | 第117-131页 |
| 4.2 Foreign Military Facilities/Basing | 第131-137页 |
| 4.3 Commercial Arms Diplomacy/Exports | 第137-149页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE: AFRICA AND SOFT-POWER COMPETITION IN SINO-JAPANESEDIPLOMACY | 第149-208页 |
| 5.1 Conference Diplomacy and High-Level Visits | 第149-181页 |
| 5.1.1 Japan and TICAD Conferences (2013-2017) | 第150-172页 |
| 5.1.2 China and FOCAC Conferences (2013-2017) | 第172-181页 |
| 5.2 High-Level Diplomatic Visits (2013-2017) | 第181-201页 |
| 5.2.1 High-Level Visits of Chinese Officials to African States | 第182-191页 |
| 5.2.2 High-Level Visits of Japanese Officials to African States | 第191-201页 |
| 5.3 Dynamics of Trade, Investments and Economic Drives | 第201-208页 |
| CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSION | 第208-251页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第251-266页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第266页 |
