... in the Far East following the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895. It then considers Great Britain's alliance with Japan and how China was viewed by the great powers following its loss in the Sino-Japanese War. It also explores British concerns about Russian expansion into areas where Great Britain had...

... Weihai Sino-Japanese War Shipwreck Throughout the Poseidon research, there was something missing from the process: Despite the sinking having taken place in the twentieth century, there was no personal connection to the incident. Not only had all the survivors passed away but, in many...

... Carolyn hybrid literature Liu Na’ou Luo Binji Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies yuanyang hudie pai Shih Shu mei Shu Yunzhong avant garde Second Sino-Japanese War Wartime literature 1940s Chinese fiction Ping Jinya Jin Yi Wang Dulu Zhang Ailing Eileen Chang Cheng Xiaoqing Yu Qie Following...

...The outbreak of Sino-Japanese War in July 1937 had limited impact on the American people. The American response to the war was in line with the non-interventionist outlook that had characterized American opinion since the rejection of the League of Nations in 1920. However, a minority of Americans...

... in the Sino-Japanese war, but also in British and US domestic and international politics. It considers the diverse interpretations of Lady Precious Stream as it was appropriated into various political causes through various discourses on race, nation and cultural difference. Bickers Robert...

... representative government Sun Yatsen Chen Hongmou democracy and political participation ‘heavenly goodness’ tianliang imperialism population trade civil wars foreigners presence expulsion of Marx Karl and Marxism religion Taiping Wars war Sino Japanese War Taiwan reform Boxer Uprising education...

...This chapter discusses a juxtaposition of the literary record of two journeys to observe war in Asia. The first journey was made by Auden and Christopher Isherwood, who travelled to report on the Sino-Japanese war in 1938. The second journey was that of James Fenton in Indochina during the early...

... an alternative image of the community. Guangdong Province China paisanos “countrymen” racism ROC Republic of China Sino Japanese War Second 1937–1945 War of Resistance organizations Cárdenas Lázaro Chinese Mexicans class struggle Maximato period 1928– nationalism PNR National Revolutionary Party U S...

...This chapter begins by explaining the emergence of a market for Chinese loans in London. It then analyzes the Qing's failed efforts to issue domestic loan bonds to pay for the indemnity Japan imposed after the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895. This increased the Qing's dependence on the Customs...

... Palace ruins outside Beijing Scheff Thomas China Sino-Japanese war Japan Jiawu War World War 2 national identity “The Chinese people cannot be bullied; the Chinese race cannot be insulted!” War is at once the graveyard of peoples and the birthplace of nations. No true nation...

... describes activities between China and restorationists in Ryukyu, some of whom went to China, rather than remain as Japanese subjects. However, the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), in which China was defeated, effectively brought the restoration movement to an end. Haihan chiken abolish han establish...

...This chapter discusses the Japanese immigration to Hawai‘i after the Sino-Japanese War. The wave of migration started in 1885, when 945 Japanese permanently settled in Hawai‘i due to overpopulation and unemployment. The number of Japanese immigrants steadily increased, so that by 1909 there were...

... secured (and rarely sought) anything more than small pockets of territorial jurisdiction until the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–1945. This chapter considers the fates of three different Chinese empires: the Manchu Qing dynasty, the Western powers, and the Japanese. It will attempt to explain how the Qing...

... nineteenth century. As Japan became more powerful, it became fixated on the Korean Peninsula as a buffer zone between itself and a weak China that the Western powers could use to attack Japan. In 1894–5 the first Sino-Japanese War was fought for influence in Korea; Japan won and Korea was removed from its...

...This chapter surveys the history of vaccine research and development in China's wartime hinterlands during the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War, considering first a major project launched by the League of Nations Health Organization (LNHO) and then, in turn, the major cities of Chongqing...

... the missionaries from giving their Chinese Christian leaders more power. The Chinese themselves also thought that they were not ready for church independence. Ultimately, a series of catastrophic political events—the escalation of the Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s and the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany in 1933...

...Fig. 6.1 J. V. A. MacMurray (right) and Norman Davis (left) at the White House for a meeting with Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 15, 1937, eight days after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident sparked the Sino-Japanese War. MacMurray was the US ambassador to Turkey at this time, but he had previously...

... Manchuria Mongolia Second Sino Japanese War Sino Japanese War 1937 Thailand USSR Anglo Japanese Alliance 1902 Caroline Islands Choson dynasty Korea Dairen Dalian Guam Harbin Katsura Taro Korea Lushun Port Arthur Mariana Islands Okinawa Palau islands Port Arthur Lushun Qingdao Tsingdao...

...This chapter suggests that Japan and China became involved in the European war almost immediately. It argues that to study China’s and Japan’s involvement in the Great War, one must start with the 1894 Sino-Japanese War that made Japan a major power in the region and an empire. Japan seemed bound...

... to this situation gives insights into the dynamics of moral decision-making. Beijing Beiping China Japan Manchuria “Marco Polo Bridge Incident ” Second Sino Japanese War 1937–1945 Sino Japanese War 1937–45 Tanggu Tianjin wars Chiang Kai shek Lu Xun Nanjing Qingdao Shanghai Thomas Gould “The True...