President of the Republic of China

organization (Encyclopedia). The organization was formed in China in May 1941 by Ho Chi Minh. The official Japanese name for the Vietminh is Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi. In English, this mean, League for the Independence of Vietnam. Japan occupied French Indochina during WWII. Along with fighting the French, the Vietminh started to bicker with Japan. During the war, the Vietminh received money and supplies from the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, and the United States. The United…

The most significant cause of European imperialism in China during the 18th and 19th century was the desire for natural resources and goods in China, such as silk, spices, and tea, which were so highly sought by European powers that it indirectly led to the Opium Wars, which impacted China for years to come. There was a great request for Chinese silk and porcelain, but Britain did not have adequate silver to exchange with the Qing Empire (Ebrey, Buddey 32-33). Henceforth, a system of bargaining…

Both Japan and Korea were politically influenced by the Chinese through China’s system of the governing body of their nation, while also being culturally influenced by China through their religion, Buddhism and Confucianism. However, both Japan and Korea differed politically because the Korean’s followed Tributaries and the Japanese followed feudalism, and culturally because Japan followed the Zen branch of Buddhism and Korea followed the Chan branch. Korea and Japan were almost identical to…

Sunshine Act 7 4. Recent Developments and Issues 7 5. Conclusion 8 1. Abstract Most modern systems of constitutional democracy have three traditional branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch. The Republic of China (known as Taiwan) has a unique system consisting of five branches. In 2013 Taiwan's opposition political parties began pushing for draft amendments to the nation's constitution to abolish the Control Yuan and replace it with the with the…

South Korea. Physical Geography South Korea, a country in East Asia, amounts to 45% of the Korean peninsula containing rivers, mountain ranges, natural resources, and volcanic islands. The country is surrounded by three main bodies of water, the East China Sea to the east, the Yellow Sea to the west, and the Korea Strait…

intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin America to administer legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans implement their own claims . The US used the Roosevelt Corollary to intervene in the Dominican Republic to protect the United States’ interests and to repay the debts the Dominicans owed to European nations. William Howard Taft, the successor of Roosevelt, replaced Roosevelt’s policy with a more indirect and constructive Dollar Diplomacy in…

This Source is Truman’s statement made for the invasion of South Korea by North Korean forces, on the 27th June 1950. Harry Truman was the prime minister of the United States in 1945-1953. He promotes capitalism and is strongly against communism. The purpose of this statement is to raise people’s fear of communism, order United States air and naval forces to fight and work together to fight against it, this includes people involved in the United Nations. In his statement, he announced the…

west, Turkey to the north, Iraq on the east and Jordan to the south. The population of Syria today is 22,087,048. Syria considers their government to be a republic government. Their government consists of an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. When leaders are getting elected, the president is elected by the popular vote, then the president appoints the prime minister. Syria has multiple political parties, a few of them are Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party, Arab Socialist Union Party of…

of the President is not unlimited, he is the chief diplomat of the nation who has the dominant force in foreign policymaking while Congress has asserted its important role to show indirect but potential influence in making foreign…

Iranian national interest evolved throughout the history of the Persian nation. Early in the 1950s, Shah Mohammed Pahlavi welcomed U.S. and Britain involvement in Iranian ventures, to include Iranian interest in nuclear energy, to advance Iran’s national interest. However, at this point Shah Pahlavi was a weak leader and as a result of allowing foreign nations to interfere in Iran he sparked tensions within the political leadership of Iran. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh was one of…