HISB31H3 Lecture 4: Week 4 Grenville notes
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German invasion of belgium was followed by a british ultimatum and declaration on 4 august. China was not only defeated and forced to accept unequal treaties by the west, but during last decade of 19th century was attacked by. Japan"s twenty-one demands in january 1915 took advantage of the preoccupation of the european powers with winning the war in. Peking, representing china, had accepted this transfer of what was after all still chinese territory: the emergence of japan, 1900 29. West"s image of china protected japan and contributed to very difficult development of two nations after incursion of west in eastern. Japan"s policy towards eastern asian mainland from 1900 until outbreak of great war in europe illustrates both circumspection and, ultimately, boldness. Japanese elites were obliged to choose between japanese tradition and western ways, or to find some personal compromise between the two.
