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**All my work. All my stuff. All my thoughts of Asian Studies, Asian History.... Yeah. **  **Sino-Japanese War** **How are the Chinese soldiers portrayed in these prints? The Japanese soldiers?**  The Chinese soldiers are portrayed as weak soldiers, also people that were evil, like demons. Their facial expressions aren’t very bright. But the Japanese on the other hand, look like the hero trying to protect the weak against the devil. Through the way that the Chinese look, they are dehumanizing them, making them easy to kill. They look like they are the people that are working really hard.

 **Look at the weapons used by each side, are they different? How? Does this tell us anything about Japanese technological advancement?**  The Chinese are so much less developed than the Japanese. The boats look so different. It shows that the advancement is much faster in Japan. Also, the Japanese vessels look so much nicer and stronger. Most importantly, they are white, showing that they are "good," while the Chinese boats are black. White represents good and black are evil.

 **Why do sports often become symbolic battlegrounds between nations?**  The sports that they play bring honor to the nations. As they build pride on the sport, they become more competitive through sports, “battling” other nations. //Why does this matter to a people? What do they find so gratifying in the experience of witnessing their team beat another in the arena of sport?//

 **Is imperialism/colonialism simply about militarily and politically controlling another nation, or is it also about proving one’s self-perceived cultural superiority over another?**  It can be about proving one’s self-perceived cultural superiority over another. When a nation takes power of another country, iy symbolizes power. Not only do they have the military power but they proved themselves to overpower another nation’s culture and people. It shows that their culture is more superior.

**Do artistic renditions or photographs depict the heroics of war better?** The artistic renditions depict more heroics of war battle.
 * Russo-Japanese War **

**Do artistic renditions or photographs depict the horrors of war better? (Consider __all__ photographs of war that you have seen, both historical and contemporary)** The photographs show more horrors of the war.

**How does the medium affect the message? Can we say that, [|"[The medium is the message"]]?** The medium gives a different feel to the message, whether it makes the message more real or feel more historic. Usually wood blocks feel more historic and has a national view to it, while the photographs gives a real sense of what it was like. One can say that "the medium is the message" because it affects the message greatly.

**Why is 1905 such a turning point in Japanese and World history? How might history have been different had Japan lost the Russo-Japanese War?** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The victory of the Japanese built up the confidence of Japan. It lead to the imperialism that Japan pursued. Japan's stance in the second world war was built from 1905. Japan had the confidence to attack Pearl Harbor. Without the victory in 1905, Japan would never had been part of the world war or been in the situation that it is in now. Japan would have never developed as much. Through this, Japan became a world power of the East. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**How are these documents alike? Be specific in showing exactly how they are similar.** Both documents tried to take away the idea that according the work that they do, people are degraded. Also, both documents seem to be encouraging the idea of getting to a government position by merit.
 * Exercise:Comparing the Kabo Reform Edicts and the Meiji Charter Oath **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**How are these documents different? Be specific in showing how exactly they are different.** Although people are allowed to follow their calling, in the Kabo Reform Edicts, only the rich are allowed to follow their dreams while in the Oath, everyone of every class were allowed to. Also, although government appointment is based on merit alone, in Korea only the rich were allowed to study.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**What, ultimately, is their purpose?** It is changing the form of government and the class system. Both oaths and edicts changed the way that former government officials were decided and who were allowed to study. It changed the government into one that was more democratic for Japan and one that was more independent for Korea.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**These were very lofty goals for both people to try to achieve. To what degree do you feel the Koreans and the Japanese were able to achieve their objectives?** Koreans were able to achieve to a sense but the way that the edicts ere set up, it seems impossible for the last edict to be achieved. Although they tried to get rid of the classes, by only allowing the rich to study and limiting powers to the king, it created a mind set. There was still classes in the people's minds. As for the Japanese, the government that they tried to achieve seems to be more towards democracy. However, Japan was not successful. They weren't used to the type of government and it was slow at making decisions. However, to a point they achieved the imperial rule they wanted.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Queen Min **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Queen Min was regal and charismatic leader of the country. During a time of struggle, she still traveled to western nations. The jewelry and ornaments on Queen Min show her stance and her position.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Isabella Bird was a writer that visited Korea and was awed by the female leader.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Queen Min was born in 1851 in a powerless family and became Queen at the age 14 or 15. There was a lot of family problems with a powerful family so the King chose Min. She had influence over the King. She became on the the people with the strongest influences on the government. She was energetic. She tried to westernize and keep Korea independent. She became the prime target of many military mutinies. She, in some nations, were seen as power hungry and as "Lady Macbeth."
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">She learned to play imperialists against each other.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">After she died, imperialists were able to take over Korea.

**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Timeline: Last 100 Years of the Chosun Dynasty ** media type="custom" key="9425672" <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> MLA: "China." //Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online//. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 15 May. 2011. <[]>. "Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895." //World History: The Modern Era//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 14 May 2011. <[]> "Tonghak rebellion." //World History: The Modern Era//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 15 May 2011.<[]>

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