Abstract
It is in China's interest to settle the Yasukuni Shrine issue, because nationalism and historical revisionism on both sides constitute the roots of the problem. China should, firstly, stop incentivizing nationalism at home and, secondly, share common historical facts with Japan by carrying out a joint research on history. Then, in order to tone down the constant and still-lively rivalry between the two countries, and make its complaints pass off as a more abstract criticism of historical revisionism, China should try to get support form other countries. To internationalize the Yasukuni Shrine issue is probably not as difficult as it may seem. It would, furthermore, more obviously modify Japan's national interest in a sense favorable to the resolution of the Yasukuni Shrine issue. Eventually, China should try to act in a way that leaves room for Japan to meet its demands without loosing face. While Japan's political opposition to the visits should be included, the removal of the fourteen most controversial shrines from the Yasukuni Shrine - for instance - could prove adequate to content China while preserving Japan from being humiliated.
