First Sino-Japanese War

luck club. Chapter one tells that the main chapter quest/goal tells how it led up by telling important things about the characters . This applies to the joy luck club because, in the joy luck club, the first backstory talks about how the whole joy luck club started. During the sino japanese war and all the chaos it started, suyuan, jing mei late-mother, made the joy luck club to bring some joy during the devastated time. It tells that suyuan is a hardworking person and also have a competitive…

state. From the onset of the Meiji restoration it was known that in order to compete with the other imperial nations and to conquer territories it was imperative to develop Japanese militarism. “We must exercise the strictest economy so as to provide funds for the building of a navy and the fortification of an army.” The Japanese governing system spent a large amount of money on the development of their military which reflected their efforts to establish their empire. Between the years of 1880…

situation, with the risk of nuclear war breaking out being front and center. They have constantly appeared in the news for various hostile activities, but their nuclear weapons program is the most prominent. It appears that North Korea acts with hostility towards all western countries, most notably by threatening the United States with nuclear weapons. What is even more terrifying, however, is North Korea’s hostility towards its greatest ally, China. China first became allied with North Korea…

The Legacy of John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline Massachusetts. His family had Irish roots, and he is widely known not only as the youngest president to ever be elected at age forty three, but as the first Roman Catholic President. JFK took office on November 20, 1961, to become the thirty fifth President of the United Sates. His presidency didn 't last long, having died less than two years later on November 22, 1963. There are many things that JFK…

the surrounding environment. Also, the Industrial Revolution had long term negative effects including the dangerous effects it had on the “new imperialism” many years later. When the Industrial Revolution got started in Britain around the 1700’s, it first seemed like a beacon of hope for the people and advancement of the country with new inventions and wealth. However, this quickly brought negative effects to the average family life. Before the Industrial Revolution,…

As a young girl she wanted to learn to shoot and after much persistence her father agreed. She took this teaching to heart during the Boshin War as she not only helped the other women in the castle heal wounded solders, but she also participated in night raids and battled on the front lines. She held fast and strong as she tried to keep her family safe. When she converted and became engaged…

this day, Mao’s picture can be seen everywhere, most notably on the entrance on the Forbidden City (Appendix: fig 4). Against all odds, he united China for the first time after one hundred years of chaos and humiliation and built the foundation for a modern China fighting off the two antagonizing giants of the USSR and USA during the Cold War. He put an end to China’s “century of humiliation” and because of him, many Chinese people have stood up in the world. However, many of his opponents look…

Three questions and answers from A Troubled Peace US-East Asia relations (2016 Spring) Dong il, KIM 1. What are the reasons of the U.S.’s agreement with Japan’s occupation of Korea in the 1900s? → First, the U.S. had no vital military and diplomatic interests in Korea at that time. Even in the aspect of economics and commerce, Korea was not important compare to China and Japan. (p.15) Second, the U.S. disappointed with the deterioration situation in Korea, such as corrupt and incompetent…

For the next century, Britain and China fought the first Opium War over the trade. China was pushed into signing the Treaty of Nanjing, which granted Britain rights to trade exclusively and expand with China. Britain claimed Hong Kong in 1843 as its own. The Second Opium War erupted in 1856. Britain wanted more trading concessions than for colonial establishment. In the early 1800s the White Lotus Rebellions occurred…

Moreover, the widowed daughter-in-law, Noriko, represented the war widows in the immediate postwar era. As her husband passed away, Noriko’s life was quite empty. Probably having no family members from her parents’ home to rely on, she could only relieve her loneliness by taking care of her parents-in-law. That’s probably why she considered herself as “selfish”. Moreover, the family relationships shown in this film still preserved strong Japanese features. For example, the family greeted each…