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China
It was the end of the 19th century, during the heyday of the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Imperialism. Meiji Japan and Qing China engage in modern warfare. The Sino-Japanese War was a defining moment for all of East Asia. The outcome of the war impacted not just its major players (China and Japan) but also Korea and Taiwan. The Sino-Japanese War highlighted the ways that globalization and industrialization were influencing global politics and international relations. With Japan's victory, the world also understood that a balance of power had shifted. Japan's military might had been massively underestimated, while China's power had weakened.
Japan had made much greater strides than China during the Industrial Revolution, in terms of upgrading its infrastructure and migrating towards a modern economy. Although both countries remained mistrustful of the West, they had yet to develop any strategic plan to form a united anti-American or anti-Western coalition that would prevent...
Japan took up the slack left by the West, and set its eyes on expanding the Meiji Empire. With expanded military strength, due in part to its production of modern weaponry since the Meiji Restoration, Japan set its eyes on Korea.
China would have been poised to defend itself against Japan's encroachment had it secured its own domestic policies. Korea was at the time a tribute state of China ("Overview of the Sino-Japanese War," n.d). While China seemed to be a formidable foe, it had in fact fallen behind the times in terms of weapons technology and strategic warfare. The Self-Strengthening Program, Qing China's counterpart to the Meiji Restoration, was a weak response to the threat of Western Imperialism. Instead of following through with the intent to import Western technology to develop modern weapons, the Empress Dowager and her Court stymied modernization. The intent of the Self-Strengthening Program was to retain China's core…
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"China in Decline" [Lecture Notes]
"The First Sino Japanese War." Retrieved online: http://sinojapanesewar.com/
"Meiji Period." Retrieved online: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2130.html
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