Chinese contributions to Japanese civilization, 600 AD-838 AD
Trade without transformative learning, 838-1862
Responding to Western challenges and reopening relations, 1839-1882
Rivalry in Korea and the Sino-Japanese War, 1882-1895
Chinese learn from Japan, 1895-1937 (with Paula Harrell)
The colonization of Taiwan and Manchuria, 1895-1945
Political disorder and the road to war, 1911-1937 (with Richard Dyck)
The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
The collapse of the Japanese empire and the Cold War, 1945-1972
Working together, 1972-1992
The deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations, 1992-2018