control of territory in Asia beginning in the 1930s. The status of the territories Japan gained before and during World War II was the subject of the Cairo Conference held in Egypt in November 1943. The Allied leaders at the conference included Chiang Kai-shek from China‚ U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt‚ and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Postwar Korea When Stalin declared war on Japan during the last days of World War II‚ he moved his troops quickly to invade Manchuria and the Kurile
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I ONLY ENTERED THIS PAPER TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT CULTURE/ETHNOCENTRICITY – be able to identify‚ define and interpret Culture – the way of life for an entire society; food‚ beliefs‚ dress‚ language‚ music‚ festivals‚ art‚ holidays‚ religion‚ behaviors‚ values‚ rituals‚ manners Ethnic – race‚ origin‚ religion‚ culture‚ common ancestry and genealogy; kin/tribe‚ people of one country not all same ethnicity but are same nationality Diversity – different cultures‚ broad range of differences Prejudice
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The May 4th Movement in China The first Cultural Revolution of China’s 20th century began with the May Fourth Movement on May 4th‚ 1919. The May Fourth Movement in China was an anti-imperialist‚ cultural‚ and political movement. Although it physically began on May 4‚ 1919‚ it actually lasted from about 1917 until 1923. It marked the rapid rise of Chinese Nationalism as well as a re-evaluation of Confucianism. The movement was sparked by the dissatisfaction with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
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CHAPTER 24 KEY TERMS Triple Entente- o An alliance with Britain‚ France and Russia… o It later included Serbia‚ Japan‚ Italy‚ Portugal‚ Romania and Greece and eventually the U.S. This was an alliance formed in WWI o Because fought other ones and this alliance pulled other people into the war • Central Powers- o Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. o Germany went to war b/c Russia went to war b/c Russia was backing the Serbs • Arch
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History has many significant wars and events‚ one of the most recent and memorable to people today is the Cold War. The Cold War took place from 1945-1991 and was a long conflict between the USSR and the United States in which both countries undermined the other but no actual violence took place‚ it led to the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ it caused China to ally with the Soviets‚ and it ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain in 1991. After World War II‚ the Cold War began which was
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Class discussion 10/24 The middle kingdom – an idea that china was at the center of the world‚ therefore they were the most civilized Everything started from the chinese Very ethnocentric (an idea that elevates your own groups opposed to others) This was true about the efficient beaurcratic system political unity for over 2‚000 years engineering accomplishments (great wall‚ grand canal) agriculture was efficient confucious philosophical concepts art and its functions the people majority
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In another words‚ witnesses like Fu Gui and his fellows see things historians can not find in any document. Both books describe what happened in Civil War‚ when Chiang Kai-shek assigned "non-Manchurians to key posts…in Heilongjiang‚ Jilin and Liaoning" (Spence 495). Many officials he assigned "abused their powers" (Spence 495) and forced random people from the streets into troops. Yet the historical description stopped
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To what extent was the CCP able to develop as a significant political force in the years 1927 to 1945? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was a revolutionary movement led by Professors Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao‚ who emerged from the May Fourth Movement‚ challenging the traditional Confucian Chinese ideas and were influenced by the ideas of Karl Marx. When the CCP was first founded‚ in 1921‚ it contained only 50 members. However‚ throughout the years 1927 to 1945 it went through horrific defeats by
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persistently regardless the hindrance in front of them. Hung Liu was born in Chanchun‚ Manchuriam Northeastern China‚ in February 17‚ 1948‚ which is 3 years after the World War II. Due to the Chinese Communist Revolution‚ led by Mao Tse-Tung who was trying to exile Chiang Kai-Shek—Taiwan President after his deportation from the mainland‚ her education life was affected; whereas‚ she was not able to get a proper education. Furthermore‚
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Historiographical Essay: The China-Japan War‚ 1931-1945 Society for Military History is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize‚ preserve and extend access to The Journal of Military History. http://www.jstor.org Historiographical Essay The China-Japan War‚ 1931-1945 David M. Gordon TW AR‚ Sun Tzu tells us‚ "is of vital importance to the state‚ being the arena in which life or death is decided and the pathway to survival or ruination." The Japanese invasion on 7 July 1937
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