Although the Japanese government owed much to the ideas of the Chinese, the two cultures would go in very different directions over the next two centuries. The Chinese adherence to Confucianism eventually led them to stagnation and collapse, while the Japanese moved on to a new, more warlike mode of government and were able to develop a civilization that would withstand and eventually threaten the western world. ... The intellectual response to this instability of the governments produced the forms of government and the emerging philosophies that came to shape the future Chinese governmen...

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Both Japanese governments and Chinese governments were isolated at the beginning of the 1860s. The conservative Manchu regime in China demanded isolation from the Western world, and Japanese government wanted isolation due to their belief that they were still superior. ... Japanese government came out of isolation because in 1853 Matthew Perry came from the United States to insist Japan trade with them and open up their markets, Japan decided to trade. ... Then, Japanese government became more structured with the establishment of banks and post offices and regularizing commercial laws. Governm...

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The new government aimed to make Japan a state focused on equality among its people. ... The Meiji government also forced the return of all former feudal lords" land back to the emperor in order to stabilize the government and divide it into prefectures. ... This, being a high priority for Japan, the government introduced a universal conscription of a new army and navy. ... 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. ... The two countries secured a treaty but the Chinese gove...

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Chinese writer Lu Xun and Japanese right-wing philosopher Kita Ikki are profiled as intellectuals who sought to resolve the conflict between the national character and international standing of their homelands. ... However this rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by the combined armed forces of England, Russia, Germany, Japan and the U.S.A. ... A U.S. civil government in 1902 replaced the military authority in the Philippines with William Howard Taft becoming the first civil governor. ... Inside Japan Japan's post-war economic growth comes in the context of an increasingly interconnect...

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Japan over a period of time changed from a quasi-democratic government into a militaristic type dictatorship. ... These values taught obedience not to a democratic but to the emperor; so the fact that the militaristic government of the 1930's ruled under the emperor meant that the Japanese were loyal to this government just as they had been to the government of the 1920's. ... During the 1930's it became an ideological weapon teaching Japanese that they were a superior country that had a right to expand and that its government was divinely lead by a descendent of the sun god. .....

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On December 1st, the American Ambassador Grew notified the Japanese government that the gunboat would embark from Nanking on December 11th along with three Standard Oil barges. ... While survivors attempted to make their way to shore, the Japanese fighters strafed them. ... The Japanese government's official inquiry resulted in the claim that the Panay and the vessels in her care had been mistaken for Chinese vessels attempting to flee Nanking. ... However, the United States Government anxious to avoid war, accepted the mistake theory and Japan's apology. In 1947, th...

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During the Sui/Tang dynasty, politically there was a great deal of turbulence in the government. ... In Japan, however, Buddhism had a somewhat different experience. ... Buddhism also had an effect on Japanese artwork. Zen Buddhism was very prominently a part of Japanese artwork in those times. ... Being that the warriors dominated the Japanese society, this had a great impact on the attractiveness of Buddhism to the Japanese. ...

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In Confucianism, it believed it had solved the problem of government. ... In 1894-5 even Japan joined in the humiliation of China when it defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War. ... Japan shared China's distrust of the West. ... Japan edged towards civil war. ... The Charter Oath was passed to give the people an idea of the aims of the government and the directions of future policy. ...

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Although Buddhism was a major influence on both Chinese and Japanese history, key political and social circumstances led to the rise and rapid decline of Buddhism in China, while it remained a dominant religion in Japan. ... Buddhism in Japan was seen as a threat to power of the government. ... However, most Japanese followed both Shinto and Buddhism. ... Japan now took on it's own ideas and stayed away from following China. ... Buddhism stayed in Japan mainly because Japan was open to new ideas from other countries. ...

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Nationalist government was trying to suppress the communists and eliminated them. ... When Japanese invaded China in 1937, the two parties agreed to cooperate to defeat their common enemy. After the war with Japanese was over, the Civil War resumed. ... Women didn't really gain equality with men under the Nationalist government. ... The immediate effect was that the government changed from Republic to Dictatorship. ...

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There were also many dignitaries within the Chinese government that were looking to gain good political footing in order to ensure staying power. ... When Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the ruler of Paekche presented the Japanese imperial court with a bronze image of Shakyamuni (The Buddha), banners, and several manuscripts of Buddhist scriptures. ... Because of this, he is considered the real founder of Japanese Buddhism, and opened the door for Zen Buddhism to appear later in Japanese history. It was during this later time in Japan's history that sects of Zen, Ch"an's Japanes...

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Chinese government did not like that because Chinese people were not able to work and all they cared about is how to get more of this drug. ... The third reason why Qing Dynasty declined is because of Sino-Japanese War. This war started because of the Japanese pressure on China. ... In response western powers and Japan organized a force which crushed the Boxers. ... Reformers wanted to strengthen China's government. ...

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Moreover, this brings happiness for lots of people and many people support the Dutch government in this work. ... With some feudal country, they will become guilty people with their forefarthers like: China, Japan or even in Vietnam. ...

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The members of this group planned to ship guns secretly into Hong Kong and take control of government offices, by killing the officials. ... He was only saved by vigorous protests by the British government who got his release. ... The second principle was based around that the government should be democratically elected and therefore more democracy in the country. ... Economic and political exploitation of China by various Western powers and Japan and humiliating military defeats inflicted by Great Britain in the Opium Wars (1839-1842, 1856-1860) and by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War (1894...

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But, the Chinese government is of the opinion if China is only building up their merchant fleet then what is there to worry about? ... Under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation "the islands are included within the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, meaning that a defense of the islands by Japan would require the United States to come to Japan's aid " ("Senkaku Islands Dispute "). ... The incident in 2012 nearly caused a war between China and Japan. A fishing boat went into the area controlled by the Japanese and rammed a Japanese Coast Guard Vessel...

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Strengthened bureaucratic government 2. ... Foreign influence (central Asia, India, Japan, Korea, Tibet) in arts and life. 8. ... Rapid growth of cities as government economic cultural centers 4. ...

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" Leader Vladmir Lenin led the Bolsheviks as they over through the government and gained power. After over throwing the government, the previous leaders who weren't executed, will attempt to regain power. ... The government in China is going to try to get rid of communists. ... To make madders worse, Japan invades as this war rages on so now the nationalists are forced to two fight two battles. ... Eventually, in 1936 the two forces have to unite to fight Japan as they gained territory. ...

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At first, when China was presented with this unknown idea of Buddhism it was commonly denied by the government. ... This gave them authority over the aristocracy by creating the notion that not only the people but the government as well served under the all-being Buddha. ... Located on the peninsula, Paekche had well established trade networks with China and other powers such as India and Japan. ... At first it was commonly resisted by the government but ultimately was utilized in Silla's unification of the three kingdoms. ... -How it was spread through japan -Lastly talk about how it ...

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The less government control, the more people are free to practice religion, get an education, and communicate to others their feelings about specific issues. ... At the top was the government. ... The government made laws in the country, so if they weren't on the top of the ranking, it would be easy to get back at people who treated them poorly. ... Today, China is not nearly as rich as Japan is because of there resistance to westernization. ... For example, Japan adopted the same social triangle of hierarchy. ...

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Imperialism from a Japanese Perspective Previous to the "New" Imperialism, Japan was cut off from the rest of the world, until the United States sent Commodore Perry's black ship to coerce the Japanese into gunboat diplomacy. ... However the Japanese took this as a chance to Westernize. With this the Japanese realized their current government was not suitable, thus the Tokugawa Shogunate fell out of power. ... The Chinese government's solution to this issue was to make the opium trade illegal with other nations. in other words it was illegal for foreign merchants to go trad...

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The expansion to universal empire strategy's  main objective is to create a global government that would ideally "end the preconditions for unnecessary conflicts, but would have to fill all spaces of power" (Professor Magana, 2014). ... 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. ... However, Japan did not destroy nor conquer the entirety of Korea. ... China had the ability to deter the milit...

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From China, tattooing spread to Japan. In Japan they also used tattoos to mark criminals using a Chinese character that meant dog (midre). ... In reaction to the harsh laws of the Tokugawa government that only allowed royalty to wear embroidered clothing caused the poor to flaunt full body tattoo suits (Priory). From Japan, tattoos spread to the Philippines and Pacific Islands. ... In addition, the Aniu are noted for introducing tattooing to Japan and many other cultures (Midre). ...

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Mongolian Rule in China What makes a government in any country strong? Some say it is how the government interacts with the people, while others say that it is the laws and how strictly the government abides them (Dolan 120). ... Confucius ideas filtered throughout the government. ... The government however was horrendously setup. ... Long wars with the Mongols and incursions by the Japanese into Korea, weakened Ming rule. ...

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He starts up by stating how as nationalism in Asia increases, incidents such as the continued resentment of the Chinese of the Japanese stemming from atrocities of WWII has impacted recent trade between the two countries. ... In addition, governments which are expected to step in to deal with the situation have to an extent, condoned this action. ... This stems from the large percentage of treasury bonds that China owns and the serious implications that the China-Japan conflict could have on the U.S as both countries rank in the top 5 in terms of value of trade; however, he states that China c...

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The Tang dynasty, because of its many advancements, it attracted Korea and Japan, and they developed the ways of China. Under the Tang dynasty there were many advancements in the areas of government and economy. ... Government revenues were increased since the peasants now paid taxes. ... The reinforcement of the bureaucracy as a form of uniformity in government also exists in today's society. The civil service exam which was also reinforced resembles the educated government of today. ...

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