HST 296 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Arthur Percival, Indirect Rule, Kuomintang
Document Summary
China"s communist party won control of the government. The world"s" most populous country fell to communism. China was not the only country to pass its" power. General arthur percival surrendered to the japanese after japan controlled the water supply. White colonial power got back their possessions in china, korea and southeast asia. But japan"s defeat of the white man undermined britain"s prestige. 11 powers participated in the government, but 90% of the forces in japan were. Macarthur set up indirect rule through the japanese government instead of direct military control. Constitution of the country revised: renounced war as a right of the sovereign nation and forbade them from maintaining land, sea and air forces. In 1948 american priorities began to change. Much of macarthur"s original plans for japan had been accomplished. China seemed to decline after their defeat by japan in 1895. When qing dynasty collapsed in 1911, china has been in a civil war.
