The Japanese Government in Singapore used a combination of oppression and torture so as to instil fear and submission of the people of Singapore, so that the Japanese Government could exploit Singapore's economic and military resources to the maximum, as well as attempt to forcibly colonize Singapore so that she could be considered a Japanese colony so as to not only showcase Japan's political might, but also be a viable source of military support if need be in the case of war. ... However, Japanese Occupation fostered unity among the people. ... The Chinese especially gave their sup...

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Party politics had, after a two-decade struggle, finally become a weight in government, but not without compromise. ... Finally, the role of the emperor himself as the ultimate source of Japanese authority meant that any action on the part of government could be overruled by recourse to an imperial prerogative. ... The ambiguity surrounding the role of the emperor and the military in the structure of Japanese government is commented on by Kato Shuichi, saying that 'the very fact that there was a liberalization of policies without changing basic political institutions made possible the r...

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It was a monarchial government. ... One Chinese ruler tried to reform the country, after seeing how it had helped Japan. ... When Japan began conquering China, Kaishek ended his war with the Chinese Communists and allied with them for a short time to fight the Japanese. ... The world recognized the communist government as the true government, and it is the government that currently is in power in China. ... China divides power through a unitary system of government, where the central government has all the power and rules through the local governments. ...

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China needs to follow a market similar to that of Japan. Japan looks solely to the worlds consumer market and with the support of the national government they are doing very well. ... Japan's economy is based mainly on the fact the industry and the government work in synch with one another. ... Another good thing that happens in Japan is the supplier, the manufacturers, and the distributors all work together to ensure success as a whole. ... The president is given full authority over all branches of government to insure that Government runs smoothly. ...

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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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Unlike Germany, however, it was allowed its own central government. ... At Yalta, Stalin had promised to include non-communists in the new Polish government and to hold free elections. ... The provisional government, established in Poland at the end of the war, was controlled by communists. ... When elections were finally held in Poland in 1947, the communists" provisional government claimed victory. ... The Settlement of Japan After the war, as agreed at Potsdam, Japan was occupied by Allied forces. ...

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This was the year in which World War 2 began in the region, during the period of Japanese expansion. ... After Japan had been defeated and the European powers weakened, many Asian and Pacific nations wanted independence. ... Australian forces moved in to combat these problems and other problems such as the lawlessness and government corruption in the Solomon Islands. The Australian government also supports a country's right to self-determination, which means supporting itself rather than being run by outside governments such as the colonial rulers. ... These students then started massive ...

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Mao Tse-tung set up the first communist government in China in 1949. ... For the next eight years the war against Japan took precedence over anything else. ... The Nationalist government of China was the "legitimate" government, recognized by the Big Three powers and sanctified by the United Nations. ... The Chinese Communists moved across north China to take the Japanese surrenders and get the weapons and supplies that the Imperial Japanese Army held. ... The Chiang government brought about inflation, unemployment, high taxes, and overall economic disaster. ...

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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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The Japanese announced war on this day. August 6, 1945 amid WWII, USA dropped the first nuclear bomb utilizing B-29 over the Japanese city, Hiroshima. ... Hirohito, head of Japan surrendered and reported the nations surrender on August 15 over the radio. ... Yet, on the other hand this occasion could have been evaded if Japan did not assault Pearl Harbor in 1941. ... Truman (president of USA) was furious about the reparations required and that Poland would have a socialist government. ...

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The government is said to be fighting the spread of communism. ... He also did a very successful two week lecture circuit in Japan, speaking to thousands of Japanese and meeting victims of the Hiroshima attack. After Japan he wrote a book to illustrate why the United States should withdraw from Vietnam immediately. ... One year after his visit to Japan, he went back to Tokyo to meet with the Intrepid four. ... Fascism has been seen to be a leader in wars and death perpetuated by these governments who run on this system. ...

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The theory of democratic peace is proven through the government and actions of North Korea. ... It was a boundary set up as a surrender of the Japanese to the Americans on the south side, and the north side of the boundary as the Japanese surrender to Soviet Union. ... Any opposition to the government is prohibited. Several people are routinely arrested and imprisoned, with the government frequently charging them for "subverting the State", "endangering State security" or attempting to "overthrow the "People's socialist government". ... The Internet is heavily censored, most sites that ...

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Today government of state related to that of other human societies. ... For instance, Aids harrows far into the middle-class and aggressive minorities are craving their conception of the world in educational system, where Japanese electronics and Japanese cars triumphs and the saving banks are going bankrupt, where the war of the Gulf discloses an evident cynicism. Today politics or government has to deal with such issues. ... There was a big problem for Korean government, which was very possible that Bush government may involve plane business with North Korea policy. ... However government ...

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In 1920 the CI was taken over by a Russian government group and turned into an anti-revolutionary group that fought against the workers and democracy. Both of these two parties fought back and forth until the outbreak of WWII when they both began to collaborate and instead of supporting the Japanese workers they began supporting the allied army. ... So the Japanese troops were rearmed and put to fight. ...

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Therefore, the people in China are unlikely to push the government into a political reform. ... For example, in 2005 anti-Japanese sentiment was widespread in China. Popular nationalists organized radical anti-Japanese demonstrations and advocated boycott of Japanese goods. On the other hand, Chinese government was in favour of a rather friendly and stable relation with Japan, which would greatly benefit the economic growth of China. ... To sustain its legitimacy, the government now has to listen to the peoples voice. ...

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Power passed to warlords in the provinces for ten years, and China had no effective central government. ... In 1926 the Kuomintang, led by Chiang Kai-Shek, ousted the Chinese warlords and established its own government. ... Two years later, Japan invaded China forcing the Kuomintang and the Communists into an uneasy alliance. At the end of the war against Japan in 1945 the alliance collapsed into civil war. ... By May these demonstrations had evolved into demands for the removal of Communist government officials. ...

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Thus, when the colonial powers returned to reclaim their former colonies, or impose their plans for a guided path to self government within a new 'commonwealth', they found themselves confronted by armed and aggressive resistance movements, many of whom had gained skill and experience in fighting the Japanese. Such was the case in French Indochina where the Administration, having declared for Vichy, was left in place by the Japanese until 9 March 1945. ... The Potsdam conference had invested the responsibility of disarming the Japanese in Vietnam north of the 16th parallel with the N...

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" This essay shall evaluate how significant the American government perceived the Korean War to be to global security by analysing key documents from the early war period such as daily summaries in addition to key speeches and NSC 68 and 48/2.Also, differing historians interpretations shall be included to create a coherent and all inclusive answer to the significance of the conflict in the U.S. ... " Furthermore, by acting in Korea this would be the first steps to establishing the critically important network of allied states (such as Japan and South Korea) that would sit alongsid...

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Government Finance: l think that the government should stop making up for losses of state-owned firms, and stop paying subsidies to these firms and consumers, hence the budget gap would be more than closed. Why privatisation may not be needed: Privatisation in many cases may not be needed because the government supports many businesses and purchases their products. ... In the past, communism led to low productive workers, because the more profits they made, were taken from government. ... China will also receive a lot of foreign investment from countries, especially japan, which will hit poor...

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Introduction Recent history has certainly provided us with many examples of powerful, mutually beneficial alliances: France/England/US in WW I, Germany/Italy/Japan in WW II, just to name a few. ... Although their governmental structures were similar in design, their own particular views on the Communist idea, among other things, differed greatly. ... Following the Japanese invasion of the Chinese mainland in 1937, however, both Mao and Kai-shek were forced to set aside their differences and, reluctantly, work together to save China from Japanese domination. It was a long and bloody w...

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When we were attempting to stop Japanese aggression in China, Stalin and his comrades were not deemed to be "evil", at least not when wee needed his help. ... Communism is a theory of government in which the people are all considered equal. The government owns the businesses and pays equal wages to all. ... There could be a government which practices the Communist ideas of the government ownership of business while having the democratic ideals of checks and balances with the people voting for officials. ... Even the socialist governments of the world take responsibility for the health of it...

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However, while the U.S. faces major challenges, China also faces considerable obstacles in its upward economic trajectory, particularly given its low levels of personal spending, dependence upon exports and with political concerns about its human rights record and government corruption. ... "Long-term problems include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits - including significant budget shortages...

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Countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan were all in control of China, and China was left powerless. ... The opium trade started to spread, and soon a great number of Chinese people were addicted to the drug, therefore the Chinese government outlawed it. ... The government took hold of all the businesses and appointed officials for all the businesses. Mao expanded communism and tried and executed thousands of non-communists in China, and wiped out corruption in the government. ...

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Countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan were all in control of China, and China was left powerless. ... The opium trade started to spread, and soon a great number of Chinese people were addicted to the drug, therefore the Chinese government outlawed it. ... The government took hold of all the businesses and appointed officials for all the businesses. Mao expanded communism and tried and executed thousands of non-communists in China, and wiped out corruption in the government. ...

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With their allies achieving victory in Japan and Europe, Korea was held under temporary control of Russia and the United States. ... The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. ...

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