Study notes on Western influence and pressure in the history of China and Japan in the 19th and 20th Century
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:33:06
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 3 pages (849 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 3 pages (849 words)
PART 1
Western influence and pressure in the history of China and Japan in the 19th and 20th Century should not be dismissed, because they are often the impetus, if not the main driving force, of important internal events. China and Japan's own situation and internal forces, then, temper how each country responds to these Western pressures and influences. China, already under the yoke of the Manchurian Jun Hsien rule, wrestled repeatedly with Western values. Japan, …
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* On its feet but still no respect from West. Needs to assert itself outwardly. Not just absorb.
* Follow wave of future according to the West. Liberalism in 1920s.
* Then in 1930s with Great Depression, fascism takes over. Japan follows.
Trickles down to now. Japan is metropolitan but distinct Japanese culture. China is Communist, but loosening up around the edges. Reflective of Japan from outside/ somewhat in, and China resistance inside but slowly seeping out.
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