HIST 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mukden Incident, Iwane Matsui, Autarky
Document Summary
Japan"s colonialism: japan"s intervention, nanjing (nanking, immediate consequences, conflicting interpretations, makes war more lethal, communication increases, makes the population grow thanks to fertilizers increasing. Japan adopting chinese culture in the 7th and 8th century. English force japan to open trade borders in 1850. 1860 meiji restoration: restored the rightful emperor to his place. Brief war with china, sink their northern fleet. Russians inserting an economic presence, japan defeats them in 1905 war. Korea and turns it into a colony in 1910. However they are short of industrial resources, including petroleum. Japanese claim anti-japanese elements blew up their railway in china. Use this as an excuse to bring in military presence. Mao zedong is not yet the head of the communist party. Chiang kai-shek is the president of the republic of china. Japan building up military presence in north east china. Would have been more politically astute for him to say yes, doesn"t want china to be japan"s bitch.
