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7 December 2011 Pacific War

1937: Marco Polo Bridge incident (start of Pacific war) 1939: Japan had part of China, but had disputes with Chiang Kai Shek - KMT: Chongking (Chongqing): capital

propaganada: co prosperity sphere for Asia.. December 25th 1941 Hong Kong downfalled

Battle of Midway (1942) - aircraft battle, Japanese got owned by America's Island hopping.. Soviets then enter, and then August 6th, 1945 = Hiroshima bomb, 8/9 Nagasaki. - fat man, little boy..

Unconditional surrender: can be really bad - redefining the role of an emperor... dehumanized enemies.... through cartoons too... racist and degrading, teasing

30 November 2011 Japan, Korea

Fulcrum of Asia : war a lot in Korea Sherman Incident (1871) @ TaeDong Gang - Taewongun's encounter: viewed Japanese as 야만인...since Japanese acted like Westerners 1860 Tonghak Rebellion: people's movement towards upwards class (sangmin against yangban)

Saigo Takamori (samurai loving) got rid of Tokugawa. - wanted to invade Korea right away (1873), but others didn't want it. He suicided with honor..

Kanghwa Treaty 1876 (Japan/Korea) [강화도조약] - two ports to Japanese, one of the unequal treaties (like Kanagawa treaty and Nanjing treaty) - Japanese gain boost economic, whereas Korea decreases.... - in a decade, Japan had double rice than Korea.

The Kapsin Coup (1884) by Kim Ok-kyun [갑신정변], fukuzawa inoichi (Nationalist of Japan)'s student. - defeated from Chinese soldiers (Yuan ShiKai) The Convention of Tanjin: won't attack Korea unless there was a military war between Japan and China.

Sino Japanese War in 1894. (first) Sino: Chiense - result: shimonosekki (treaty name, city name too).

Queen Min (명성황후) great thinker that had a vision of the corrupt Chosun. - assassinated, dessicrated...

Going to Japan (Tokyo) was very a well-took route, lots went. (Sun Yat-Sen, Ho Chin Minh)

Philip Jaisohn: 서재필 - Independence Club! (independence gate/hall was built in 1897) (park wasn't made)

Editorial Topics of the Independent Korean Enlightenment: 1880... writers and adopting Christianity. Shin JaeHo 신재호: blamed Korea for the annexation... - similar to Lu Shyun in China. other writers: Yi Kwang-su 이광수's 무종.

Irredentisim: claiming territory that was once its.

Ito Hirobumi: supported attacking Korea, and got assassinated by Ahn Joong Geun 안중근 1905... - gentler minister...possibly. (irony)

3-1 삼일운동 1919 유관순 - 7,500 koreans killed....thousands in prison.

changed names on 1940, Feb 11th. (National Foundation Day).

Resistance outside of Korea - Shanghai - Korean Provisional Government (Yi Sungman) - exiled to Hawaii. - Manchuria/Russia : Yi Yong-hwi and Kim Il-sung.

KOREAN WAR ACTUALLY TRIGGERED SINCE JAPANESE ANNEXATION, and the factionalism and the leadership, splintered group outside/inside Korea. (after WWII)

15 November 2011 Notes on Macartney and the Emperor - many European contact. (Marco Polo, later on others trying to convert to Christianity..) - but science/art/architecture was still accepted Canton: to take care of all foreigners... - Chinese considered White as Guai Le : white devils.. worse than 야만인.

Macartney: wanted to normalize relations, have more trades. - nowadays: something like FTAs or treaties, or even embassies..blahblah Europeans looked at Chinese like Europeans (Germans, French) - mass production/consumption and a big market is key in industrial imperialism, which China is a good candidate.

1793 meets Qianlong KowTow: 제사 big 제사 language: court language (중전, 주상,) - Macartney spoke English/french... LOST IN TRANSLATION!

15 November 2011 DBQ for Far East Opening