First Sino-Japanese War

Bei Dao employs these paradoxical aphorisms to denounce and repudiate the absurdity of recent events during the Cultural Revolution. In the first line, "debasement" signifies the reduction of morals and contradicts "base," which is defined as the lowest part of a structure. Indeed, by the time "The Answer" was written-a decade into the Cultural Revolution-China had sunken to a moral low, having…

invasion of Nanking by the Japanese army and narrates what the Japanese did to the Chinese army, citizens and other people of the city and how the different people acted during the event. Iris Chang's description of the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese, and the Westerners follow what Machiavelli, Locke, and Rousseau say about human nature. Their ideas on how people behave in the state of nature and Machiavelli's behaviors that leaders should exhibit are unfolded in how the Japanese, the Chinese,…

change in their thoughts of growth. “The Manchurian Incident”, happening in September 1931 and through which Japan set up Manchuria as a puppet state, revealed how the contained resentment through years of oppression, inevitably resulted in a rise of Japanese nationalism combined with an economic and military power. Such rise would soon…

blunt detail about the horror the Chinese people had to endure, because the Japanese government today denies that this had ever happened and never apologized to the victims of these events. The book setting starts in December of 1937 when Nanking, the capital of China, fell to Japan. It then focuses on the events that happened within eight years. The book is sectioned off in three parts; the perspectives of the Japanese government and soldiers, the victims- Chinese people, and Westerners who…

varying throughout the world with the Nanking Massacre being an event that took an entire country into utter misery and helplessness. 1937 was a year that Nanking, China will always keep logged into memory and history due to the horrendous acts of the Japanese army and their cruel attempt to occupy the Republic of China. Because this genocide lasted six weeks comparably less to the several years’ Jewish individuals had to endure, it often goes unnoticed and overshadowed by its infamous…

Between 1945 and 1948 war crimes trials were taking place in Japan and began hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II. On November 4, 1948, the trial ended with 25 of 28 Japanese defendants being found guilty. Of the three other defendants, two had died during the lengthy trial, and one was declared insane. On November 12, the war crimes tribunal passed death sentences on seven of the…

World War are quite numerous and are all different based on the many opinions of historians and their own understanding of the war in general. There are many leading factors to the war such as the rise of Italian Fascism, Japanese invasion and aggression towards China in the 1930s, and, primarily, the political takeover of Germany by Hitler with the establishment of the Nazi Party. Though beyond these, imperialism still remains an underlying factor that caused involvement in the Second World…

mentioned, these three companies are nationalized with the major owners of each being China. All TV and radio is monitored and approved by the government. The broadcast media is also a nationalized industry in China. Even foreign programs must be first approved by the Communist party. The Central Propaganda Department comes out with what is permissible and not permissible (Central Intelligence Agency). The total distance of roadways in China is 4,106,387 km with 3,453,890 km of them actually…

Following the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the world turned its eyes towards this rising new global power in Asia. By defeating the Russians and the waiving of the white flag at Liaoyang, the Japanese have quickly proven themselves as an overall competitor to the West in terms of political and military power. By the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth in September 5, 1905, it recognized Japanese supremacy in Korea, oversaw the transition of Russian holdings in Manchuria (Liaodong…

events that took place in China during the second Shino-Japanese war. The massacre was a series of war crimes committed by the Japanese soldiers upon taking over the city, Nanjing. The Japanese soldiers raped, murdered, and looted the Chinese citizens that were left abandoned by the Chinese military forces. The figure of the atrocities ranges from 150,000 to 200,000 that is claimed by China and 25,000 to 50,000 people that is claimed by the Japanese. Therefore, this massacre became a weapon, in…