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The kanji writing system in Japanese derives from a historical communion between ancient China and Japan. Do we know what the candor of this relationship was like? Were the ancient Japanese welcoming or wary of incoming Chinese diplomats? How did that change through each passing century?

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The kanji writing system in Japanese derives from a historical communion between ancient China and Japan. Do we know what the candor of this relationship was like? Were the ancient Japanese welcoming or wary of incoming Chinese diplomats? How did that change through each passing century?	262