How Did The Industrial Revolution Contribute To The Rise Of Japan?

Just like the Industrial Revolution which ignited the change in Europe, mainly the British, it was East Asia’s time to bloom and set a name for themselves in the world. It was after the Opium war for China, where techniques and moving into the modern world changed and helped them develop. Japan before the 19th Century was influenced by China in certain ways, however it decreased at the same time as the decay of the Tang Dynasty, for example: the change of the military system, to the rise of Samurai’s. For Korea, it was battling as a nation itself, as it was the Choson Dynasty lasting between 1392-1910 and beginning trading and interactions with Tokugawa Japan. However without speaking for the nation but for the people themselves, China had
Therefore transitioning to the modern-world one must know the peoples roles of these three nations, however mainly focusing on Japan and China, and how they adapted to the changes made in East Asia during the late 19th Century.
There was the rise of Japan, where they were going towards great peace, political stability, commercialization, urbanization and improvement in technologies. As an independent nation, the people of Japan were doing very well as each position held by an individual was significant. However it was when the people of Japan were put into test, during the Russo-Japanese War and its aftermath. This was mainly for the dominance in Korea Manchuria, what benefit the Russians had, was the Trans-Siberian Railway, this was supposed to improve economic trade, make migrating a lot easier and the spread of culture. However with this railway, it still lacked transportation facilities. Which made it hard for Russia to bring a sufficient amount of troops, armed forces, and supplies. War had broken out in 1904, where the Japanese fleet had lunched a surprise attack and won every battle possible, however when
One of the main reasons is to show that they were a country that connections could be made, also emphasize how powerful they can be and to become a winning nation. This was a turning point for them, however for the people of china did not exactly have any say in this, as 140,000 young and strong laborers we taken part in the world war. They were used for physical laborer, not exactly for the use of guns, but digging holes, trenches, cutting barbed wire as they were also sent to France, Britain (mainly to help the Entente to win the war). (“Lu, Xu”) For it is Europe that didn’t need soldiers, but workers as they were good at what they do, because of how obedient and diligent the workers were. This was a forgotten story of how they were the biggest and extensive serving non-European labor, yet this is one of the recent news to the historians. ("The forgotten army of the first world war: how Chinese labourers helped shape Europe"). Another migration that took place was the Han to Manchuria, mainly because it was vast and diverse. Independent, yet close connections with China proper. Manchuria opened to Han Migration in 1902, as half a million Han migrants went to Manchuria annually, and 8 million migrants from abroad. Most Han migrants were from North China, Zhili and Shandong regions, which lead to the crossing of cultures