HIS284H5 Study Guide - Weihai, Yuan Shikai, Military Affairs Commission
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The taish period ( , period of great righteousness ) is a period in the history of japan dating from july 30, 1912 to december 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the emperor taish . The health of the new emperor was weak, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen to the diet of. Thus, the era is considered the time of the liberal movement known as the taish democracy in japan; it is usually distinguished from the preceding chaotic meiji period and the following militarism-driven first part of the sh wa period. http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/taish%c5%8d_period. The nanjing decade ( ) was the decade from 1927 to 1937 in the republic of china. While the nanjing decade was far more stable than the preceding warlord era, it was still beset with violence. 1937 11 20 http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/nanjing_decade. December 13, 1937 during the second sino-japanese war.
