HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New Policies, Kang Youwei, Sun Yat-Sen
Document Summary
Japan went through reform and modernization to defeat china so led to series of development that allowed japan to enter imperialist. Intensity imperialist amibition due to world and after war slowly expand into korea and by early. 20th c to 1930s , would target china for early conquest. Then japan acquire similar concession like certain location (+ resources) and right to station troop in korea and china. Extra territoriality, their subject could apply their own law in china like other country in 1840s. Saw how japan started to expand into sphere, other western country wanted to acquire more concession from china. Scramble to get more pieces of this chinese pie therefore called scramble for confession that started to this war. Increase territory that they had influence over in china. French began to acquire more area of interest in south china like southern provinces close to indo-chinese colony that french had establish in late 19thc.
