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Sheridan Karl Victor Viser Activism and Communication October 16th, 2015 Xinhai Revolution of 1911 The Chinese Revolution of 1911, also known as the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, the main purpose was to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and Imperialistic China in general, and to create the Republic of China, which eventually happened from years of revolutions and triumphs. Tensions had been growing between the Manchu and Han civilizations since the 17th century. The Manchu civilization are a Chinese…

Jiang Kai Shek and the rest of the GMD, as he tried to appeal to the middle and lower class. City dwellers also were scarred by the crossfire, and in some cases became the subjects of attacks. In 1937, the residents of Nanjing were terrorized by Japanese soldiers. One study of this Nanjing Massacre emphasized the vast differences in accounts, mentioning that “the predominantly Chinese side of the scale... estimates that total deaths ranged from a ‘conservative’ 260,000 to 350,000, and asserts…

West was brought up in a white collar class foundation, going to Polaris High School[16] in rural Oak Lawn, Illinois subsequent to living in Chicago.[17] At 10 years old, West moved with his mom to Nanjing, China, where she was instructing at Nanjing University as a component of a trade program. As per his mom, West was the main nonnative in his class, yet settled in well and immediately got the dialect, in spite of the fact that he has since overlooked the majority of it…

On the morning of July 7th, 1937, Haruto went to go see his friends, Atsuhiko, Akatsuki, and Riku, as Haruto was walking he came across a paper stating, “Enlist to Fight for your Emperor against the Socialist Chinese scumbag”. Haruto was a little bias when it came toward the military so he just ignored it, as he walked up the steps toward the door, he did a special knock, 1 2, 1, 1 2 3. Immediately Atsuhiko came running to the door and greeted him with a smile and invited him in, “Your excited…

From 1850-1864, Hong Xiuquan, a political and religious leader, led the Taiping Rebellion, which sought to eradicate the Manchus and the Qing dynasty. The discontent of the previous decades all came together under Hong. After his third failed civil service exam, he had visions where he “conversed with a bearded, golden-haired man who gave him a sword, and a younger man… whom Hong addressed as ‘Elder Brother’” (Spence 172). He interpreted that he must “also be the son of God, younger brother to…

civilians to complete the task at hand, soon converging overall into a ‘gendercide’ known as The Nanjing Massacre (Jones). A stealthy tactical advance much like this is especially resourceful when one attempts to control their enemy’s land. For Germany, their ambitions lies expanding and recollecting lost land by false promised peace, but the Japanese’s similar goals met a more brutal state amidst the Nanjing Massacre. What implies their strategies more resourceful are purposely ‘fishing’ their…

policy context of aggressive modernized militarism in the Asia-Pacific” (Duus, 1996). The needs for raw materials lead to a full invasion of the Chinese mainland by the Japanese in 1937. In December the Japanese launched an assault on the village on Nanjing, during the six week span of the occupation…

stricken. He went to a Buddhist monastery where he learned to read and write when he was 24 years old. He established a capital in Nanjing and then control of the area of the Yangtze River. In 1664, his army entered Beijing. During his 30 year reign, he shaped the Ming Empire, but he grew increasingly tense and uneasy. In 1356, Zhu's army conquered Nanjing that was an important…

unhappy in this conclusion, with the British not feeling they got enough and the Chinese feeling they gave too much, so this agreement too fell to the wayside. The final negotiations took place after the inevitable fall of Nanjing, knowing that if the British were to take Nanjing there would be no negotiations the Chinese conceded on almost every demand of the British, with the Chinese paying 21 million pounds, many new ports were to open, and tariff rates were to be equally agreed upon instead…

the age of 95, in the Sancha township, Xiaogan city, Hubei province. Mao was forced to serve as a "comfort woman" at the age of 18, in a Japanese military brothel in Wuchang. Mao was transferred from Korea by car to the north of China, then to Nanjing in 1945. In July 1945, Mao came to Wuhan and was locked in the comfort stations in Hankou and Wuchang, with other over 10 Korean women, Mao was quoted as saying in pervious interviews. After Japan's surrender, Mao fled the comfort station in the…