EASC 160gm 1st Edition Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. Chinese migrantsII. StereotypesIII. Chinese reaction to Western influenceIV. Foreign tradeV. Qing legacyMovie clip Outline of Current Lecture VI. Timeline of Japanese relations with ChinaVII. Fukuzawa EssayCurrent LectureTimeline of Japanese Expansion into Asia (Schoppa Reading)- Overview of Japanese Imperialism 1870s - 19451868: Meiji Restoration- big change in Japanese government- catalyst: Americans come, Japan needs to open up, leads to other issues rising- overthrow government, “restore” emperor- emperor becomes central symbolic authority- beginning of modernization and militarization and eventually military expansion- prior to 1868, government was Tokugawa Shogunate, principles were based in Confucianism- Confucianism: ethics, family as an example for how government should work, humble, benevolent hierarchy, proper place- comes from China1871-79: Ryuku incident result in annexation of islands- first place that Japan expands to- Ryuku: chain of islands, did tribute trade with Japan and China (Qing)1876: Treaty with Korea as independent state- close protectorate status with Japan, Japanese tribute missions - Japanese have conflicts with Korea- Japanese get Koreans to sign a treaty as an independent state1884: Fukuzawa Yukichi’s essay on De-Asianization1885: Attempted Japanese supported coup fails: China and Japan momentary stalemate- Japanese/Koreans attempt a coup- result: Japanese and China agree to not put troops in Korea without approval from each other1894-95: First Sino-Japanese War (in response to Tonghak rebellion)- rebellion in the countryside- Japan is ceded Taiwan- Triple Intervention (Russia, France, Germany) forces Japan to return Liaodong peninsula1905: Russo-Japanese War- T.Roosevelt: “The greatest phenomenon the world has ever seen”- Nehru: “A great pick-me up for Asia- Sun Yat-sen: “the defeat of the West by the East”1909: Korea annexed as part of Japanese Empire1910-1930: pressuring China for concessions, influencing warlords, particularly in Manchuria1931: Invasion of Manchuria1934: Creation of Manchukuo1937: Invasion of all of China1941: Attacks on Pearl Harbor, Invasion of Hong KongMeiji Restoration Reading/Fukuzawa essay on De-Asianization- metaphor of the disease to relate to Western influence- inoculate yourself- kind of adopting it, internalizing it- we must be deliberate and controlled about it- do not hide from it → useless and cowardly, no defense- internalizing Westernization to resist Westernization- not saying they want to become like the West- Westernizing on some level to resist the WestDe-Asianization- dropping traditions- eliminating Confucianism- clothing, dress, architecture, hairstyles- separate themselves from China, want to be different- “break with our evil friend of Eastern Asia”- meaning in terms of foreign policy (Fukuzawa)o no longer part of East Asiao ally with Englando need to become colonizers of East Asia → impose treaties, etc… can’t be victims of