The Sino-Japanese War changed the future of these countries and ultimately set a standard for how their relationships would develop. ... On August 1st, 1894, war was declared between China and Japan after Japanese infantries sieged the Korean palace. (211) The Sino-Japanese War was ultimately a battle for Korea. ... The end of the Sino-Japanese War brought discontent in all three Eastern Asian countries. ... After losing the two Opium Wars and the Sino-Japanese War, their military was humiliated. ... The Sino-Japanese War would prove to be a turning point in the relations between China, Japa...

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Korea dramatically raised up when it was brought to public that North Korea had nuclear weapons and they are willing to use them if US will threaten their country or block their trade with others. ... Korea's new invention so it just left N. Korea alone. Still with help of China there are discussions between North Korea and US. ... UN was originated in Europe after World War I. ...

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China had to go through many defeats such as the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion before they came back victorious from the Korean War. However, China's response to Western imperialism was successful because they got rid of Western presence with rebellions and wars such as the Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellion, and the Korean War. ... During the 1950s a war broke out between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea. ... The UN was given instructions to push the North Koreans out of South Korea. ... China was successful because from 1839 when the first Opium War started to 1953 when...

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China had to go through many defeats such as the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion before they came back victorious from the Korean War. However, China's response to Western imperialism was successful because they got rid of Western presence with rebellions and wars such as the Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellion, and the Korean War. ... During the 1950s a war broke out between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea. ... The UN was given instructions to push the North Koreans out of South Korea. ... China was successful because from 1839, when the first Opium War started, to 1953 wh...

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In 1894-95 Japan was in competition with China for markets in Korea. This being a main cause of the Sino-Japanese War there is also the underlying cause of China sending troops to Korea without notice to the Japanese government. At this time both Japanese and Chinese forces were in Korea due to disorders in Korea. ... It is at this point when China sent troops to Korea without notifying Japan and Japan declared war on August 1st 1984. ... As a result of the war the Russians recognized Japan as the dominant power in Korea and turned over the Port of Arthur as well as other land in China. ...

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In the post-Cold War world no power can challenge the US. ... USA and China were hostile up to the 1950's during the Korean War, as they were against each other, where China was with North Korea supporting communism and USA was preserving the integrity of South Korea (see Appendix A, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 100. Map showing who were supporting South Korea and North Korea in the Korean War, in June 1950), where the CCP recognised the importance of relations with their powerful communist neighbour; USSR. ... However, the Vietnam War generated ...

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The opium trade gave Britain its chance to enter the China trade and this provided the pretext for war between Britain and China in 1839, a war which the British won easily. ... Japan edged towards civil war. ... Japan saw Korea as being important for strategic, political and economic reasons. Control of Korea would prevent an enemy power having easy access for an attack against Japan, unrest in Korea made Western intervention unlikely and Russia's eastward expansion was viewed with concern. A campaign in Korea would also deflect some of the domestic unrest Japan was experiencing an...

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At the end of the Cold War in 1989, the threat of nuclear war was reduced. ... The new anti- ballistic missile system will, as the U.S claims, defend against the current enemies; Afghanistan, Iraq and possibly North Korea, although the U.S ties are becoming stronger with Pyongyang as North and South Korea are undergoing peace treaty talks. ... The U.S does not have the strongest ties with North Korea and North Korea does not have the capabilities to destroy a power like the United States. "North Korea What would such a state gain by attacking the United States except its own destruction?" .....

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Given the example of the ImJin War in 1592 to 1598 where there was a war for order between the nations of Korea and Japan. Due to great military technology like gunpowder weapons and samurai strategies, Japan was obliterating Korea. In fact, Korea lost twenty percent of its population due from the direct and indirect implications of the war.. However, Japan did not destroy nor conquer the entirety of Korea. Seizing the opportunity to tip the balance decisively towards the Koreans intense war,  China strengthened relations, power, and wealth by intervening and supporting the nation of Korea to...

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The increasing discussion of cyber warfare would come as no surprise to anyone: cyberattacks on components of US defence cyber-infrastructure, and the probable strategic, military cyberattacks by Russia on Estonia, then on Georgia, and probable attacks by China, North Korea, and Iran on US defence and economic targets. ... For example North Korea denying hacking into computer systems at Sony pictures in retaliation for a film depicting the country's leader. ... This is of extremely dissimilar from all traditional weapons of war. ... Within hours of the start of the Russia-Georgia war, Aug...

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Tang Dynasty I. Another high mark in Chinese politics, culture 1. Resembled Han but more of everything 2. Opened to the new and different, adopting the best of what the world offered 3. Chinese, particularly on the south also designated themselves asnen of Tang 4. Founding family intermarri...

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When the Boxer Protocol was enforced the Manchu had to agree to even more foreign demands and when they failed to intervene in the Russo-Japanese war, anti-Manchu and anti-foreign feeling increased. ... Post World War Two After World War II, the Communists under Mao Tse Tung established a dictatorship that, while ensuring autonomy of China, imposed strict controls over all aspects of like and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. ... The basis of this new strategy includes a strengthening of cold war-era bilateral military alliances in with the development of a Theater-based Missi...

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In rebellion Queen Victoria went to war with China in the first Opium war and later the second Opium war. ... The loss of these two wars forced China to open more and more ports with the treaty of Nanjing in 1824. Soon China lost control of Vietnam, Taiwan, and Korea. ... These loses were shameful for the country's people and in a fit of revolt during the 1840's and 1860's the Chinese made a rebellion group against Europeans and really any Westerning people that were in their country because of the treaties they were forced to sign after the opium wars. ...

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Weakened by costly and disastrous military campaigns against Korea, the dynasty faded away through a combination of popular revolts, and disloyalty. ... Long wars with the Mongols and incursions by the Japanese into Korea, weakened Ming rule. ... During this dynasty, the Opium War occurred. The Opium war gave Hong Kong to England for 100 years until July 1, 1997. ...

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The process started with Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indian. ... The most important factor was economic hardship due to the growing British dominance over China, after Britain defeated China in the Opium War of 1839-1842. ... As a result, the sugar plantations companies had started import the labor from different countries Japan, Korean, Filipino and India. ...

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Confucianism The founder of Confucianism is "Confucius" who was a minor official and philosopher who lived during the Warring-States period. ... Also, according to the Korean culture, we sincerely prepare food for our ancestors on the holiday called Chuseok. ... For example, if any student is caught speaking Korean, he must be kept in school and face detention. ...

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"Buddhism was at first opposed by many as an alien religion, but was championed by the Soga uji, which vanquished many of its rival uji in a war over the succession in 587 and then established Buddhism at Yamato court, where it seems to have appealed to many as a powerful magic" (Murphey, 195). ... Buddhism was favored mostly because "it offered, as Shinto did not, doctrines on the afterlife, text-based rituals and theologies, the promise of salvation, and emphasis (in this Mahayana version imported from China and Korea) on good works as the means of acquiring merit and thus increasing one&...

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Confucianism has spread through widely from China to other neighbor countries such as Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and among Western society. ... The civil wars were unrest until the ruler conquered others" territory. ...

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With the decline of the political authority of the Chou dynasty and the emergence of powerful feudal states on the edges of the empire, the Chou dynasty fell during the late 5th century BC and China was plunged into a condition of constant wars among the various states. ... Confucianism was one of the philosophies of government that emerged during the warring states period. ... China, with its centralized government, its advanced level of civilization and its long periods of peace and unity was enormously important as a center of the developing civilizations of such countries as Korea, Japan...

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