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The aim of this paper is to understand China’s calculations in its diplomatic steps to mend fences with Japan. In its perspective, the study looks into the compelling factors at both ends, if any and plausibility of change with attendant costs in broad congruence to their respective interests and foreign policy goals. As Japan is as much a power, and unlike China, there are political parties and political groups with competing interests, the efficacy of Chinese foreign policy instruments to the desired ends thus remains open to a number of immediate and future possibilities.