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A century ago, in front of the Korea’s coastal waters, Japan and Russia had conflict over interests in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, which is called Russo-Japanese War. At that era, Russian government was an imperial power and had many rebelling against the leader Czar Alexander II. After the incident, Czar Nicholas II obtained the sovereignty of Russia. However, because of too much internal revolution in Russia, they had to struggle with unstabilized government during the war. However,…

extraordinary degree.The deniers of the Nanking Massacre regularly start by exhibiting Japan as having "no expectation of beginning the war against China, the Sino-Japanese War.” They even say that the Japanese government offered a peace proposition in August of 1937. Their story is that the war was extended to Shanghai, as "the Japanese Army kept on torment from the adversary suppression. Eventually, a large portion of the Chinese Army pulled back from Shanghai and moved to Nanking. So as to…

and causes of the Second 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…

The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, is widely considered to begin with the Marco Polo Bridge incident of July 1937 and end with the Japanese surrender in September 1945. I would argue that to understand the motives as to why Japan invaded China, it is essential to grasp their previous history of conflicts and tensions, beginning with the Japanese claim of Taiwan from China’s Qing Dynasty after the First Sino-Japanese war in 1895, right through to the invasion of Manchuria in 1931. This…

During the 18th century, Britain was trying to deal with China through diplomacy and economic reason in a way to make the Canton Trade system fair for both sides. Trade between the British and the Chinese was severely lopsided in China 's favour during the end of the 18th century. The reasons for this trade imbalance in China 's favour were mostly due to a difference in worldviews between Britain and China. Britain sought trade and another strong alliance in the pacific; and China believed it…

seek the best results from the direction he was given from his ruler to achieve. The ambassador could deliver a small message, represent his ruler, or attend a funeral or appointments of higher positions for princess/etc., but in a broad case both Japanese and Chinese diplomats were cultured ambassadors. Japan believed the…

later, Chiang was defeated by Mao Ze-dong and withdrew his army to Taiwan. This power transformation was not done overnight. Since the success of the Northern Expedition, Chiang’s government had been facing many difficult issues. In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War was weaken Chiang’s government even more. Around the same time, because of using the right straight, the Chinese Communist Party was getting stronger and stronger under Mao’s leadership. Chiang did not realize that and still decided to…

each other, the terse relationship over a valuable military resource becomes that much more provocative for both sides when set in the international stage. The hardline stances developed by both countries demonstrate this: China openly refers to Japanese utilization of the island as theft (“The Diaoyu Islands”). As China and Japan are geographically located near each other, it makes sense…

becoming common knowledge within the respective country because the lack of pride that may stem from any one event. Japanese history in…

described in this book are real, but everything else is fiction”. The book also takes place in the young boys school. There he is under Japanese rule and he and his entire family is forced to lose their Korean names and get Japanese names. The setting of this book shows how the young boys living environment was and the struggle of being Korean and living under Japanese rule, also all the hardships he and his family had to…