Prepared By Prof Alvin So1 SOSC 188 Lecture 23 East Asia History (II): Regionalization

Prepared By Prof Alvin So2 Japan's Regionalization Strategy China's Path to Communism

Prepared By Prof Alvin So3 Japan's Regionalization Strategy Japan felt the constraints of small market and lack of resources in the 1890s - turn Asian neighbors (Taiwan & Korea) into its colonies Japan as a "late imperialist" - East Asia already conquered by Western powers, Japan too weak to challenge them Japan's ideology of "anti-imperialist imperialism" - Pan Asian rhetoric to resist Western domination

Prepared By Prof Alvin So4 Japan's regionalization project was halted by the U.S. in the 1920s - advocated balance of power, open Asian market, and peaceful competition World depression in the 1930s - economic depression, nationalism, militarism, continental expansion to conquer China and S.E. Asia The Pearl Harbor event and the final defeat by the U.S.

Prepared By Prof Alvin So5 China's Path to Communism The defeat by Japan in the 1890s, increased foreign domination, breaking up the state by military generals, the downfall of the empire in 1911, and the era of warlordism Imperialist rivalry, and national movements - the establishment of a central Nationalist Government in the 1920s

Prepared By Prof Alvin So6 World depression, peasant bankruptcy, and corruption - the decline of the Nationalist Government in the 1930s The turning point is the Sino-Japanese War during WWII- The victory of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949