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This paper examines how the history of East Asia in the modern period from 1400 to 1900 is commonly viewed through the lens of the Europeans who came to trade, convert, loot, and conquer during this time. It discusses how although it cannot be denied that the arrival and eventual dominance of the Europeans over the international relations of the Sinic world was of great significance in the history of the region, it may be argued that simply by shifting our perspective we may obtain a more accurate analysis of this era in East Asian history.

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" The history of East Asia in the modern period - from 1400 to 1900 - is commonly viewed through the "lens" of the Europeans who came to trade, convert, loot and conquer during this time. While it cannot be denied that the arrival and eventual dominance of the Europeans over the international relations of the Sinic world was of great significance in the history of the region, it may be argued that simply by shifting our perspective we may obtain a more accurate analysis of this era in East Asian history. "

Tags:china, west, history

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The paper examines the historical meaning behind several important events in East Asian history through the 'people' perspective and nationalism. The paper argues that although nationalism was the driving force behind these events, particularly in China, diverse events were brought about by different groups of 'people' in that society. The paper focuses on China and Korea and examines the the Japanese colonial rule in Korea, the 1911 Revolution in China and the Chinese May Fourth movement.

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"The situation in Korea at the beginning of the 20th century was particularly complex. The Korean peninsula was of interest to both Russian and Japanese imperial interests for economic and strategic reasons. After the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905) Korea was acknowledged as Japanese sphere of interest by United States and Britain. In 1910 Koreans officially lost their sovereignty when the treaty of annexation was signed. Many see the Japanese rule over Korea as contradictory. Korean people suffered from the police regime the Japanese authorities have established. The punishment for riots and crimes were strict. The Korean participation in all forms of government was cancelled."

Tags:Japan, Korea, China, Revolution, May, Fourth, movement, nationalism, peoples

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This paper makes use of three cases to show the incorrectness of the past notion of East Asian isolationism. Eurocentric ideas about Tokugawa, Japan, Qing, China, and Choson, Korea are examined as examples of these incorrect notions of static Asian societies. The paper includes notes on different stereotypes to emerge from different approaches to East Asian history.

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"A basic error of Eurocentric ideas of East Asian history can be seen in thumbnail sketches of Tokugawa Japan, Qing China, or Choson Korea. First of all, they upset ideas of static Asian societies in which little changed till the arrival of Westerns, as in ideas of Asian xenophobia in Japan and China, in particular, or references to a chronic isolationism that, actually, can be seen as ordinary protectionism. Blaut explained how models of European or other Western diffusionism have had a strong power over ideas of the West's impact upon the non-Western world, for good or ill, towards several assumptions that have only been upset, in the last few decades."

Tags:tokugawa, china, korea

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The paper's first question looks at Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu in their different kinds of contributions to Japanese unity. The paper discusses how Mongol invasions indicated much that was disunited in Korea, towards united Buddhist Korean activism against the Mongols, while in China, results varied but did upset the old Confucian/scholarly order until the Ming production of the Great Wall. The paper discusses how education and Confucianism were altered from the Song to Mongol periods, then reinstated in the Ming period, towards often inefficient results, with Ming officials often ignored by a series of incompetent emperors. However, the paper notes that Ming stability did permit a larger population, the expansion of literacy and a flowering of the Chinese arts.

Tags:song/ming chi, toku, japan, mongols

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This paper begins by briefly outlining the astronomical pace of economic growth in the East Asian NICs. It then explores the course of development's relationship to development theory. It asserts that the neo-liberal link between economic development and democracy and greater equality is dismissed by the experience of the NICs. However, the dependency/world system approach, currently expressed in globalization, is affirmed by the recent history of the East Asian NICs and the present situation.

Tags:east, asian, nics

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This paper examines the historical meaning of several important events in East Asian history through the 'people' perspective and nationalism. This essay further argues that although nationalism was the driving force behind these events, particularly in China, diverse events were brought about by different groups of 'people' in that society. The East Asian countries chosen for this examination are China and Korea. The events analyzed include the Japanese colonial rule in Korea, for China the 1911 Revolution and the May Fourth movement.

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"This paper will examine the historical meaning several important events in East Asian history through the `people' perspective and nationalism. This essay will argue that although nationalism was the driving force behind these events, particularly in China, diverse events were brought about by different groups of `people' in that society. The East Asian countries chosen for this examination are China and Korea. The events analyzed include the Japanese colonial rule in Korea, for China the 1911 Revolution and the May Fourth movement. The situation in Korea at the beginning of the 20th century was..."

Tags:korea, china, east asia

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By including examples from the history of East Asian countries, this essay will explore this issue of how history is shaped by certain forms of value and ideology by showing that the writing of most history is controlled by the view of national history. This essay will show how national history is partly revisionist in the sense that people put national views onto history that it never fully had. In this sense, actual history or the truth of what happened is always difficult to get at and in many ways unattainable, since one has to read and consider history through the veil of bias

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Discusses history of the Buddhist religion in Asia, starting in India and spreading to China, Japan and Korea. How each country developed its own form of Buddhism. How the traditional teaching of the Buddha remained the same even when Buddhism underwent changes shaped by the cultures of each East Asian country.

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"Buddhism and East Asian Culture
Introduction
Buddhism is a religious culture that originated in ancient India. The actual name "Buddhism" comes from the title of honor "Buddha" meaning the enlightened one . This title was first conferred upon Gautama Siddhartha, an East Indian of noble birth. Gautama Siddhartha is most often credited as the probable traditional founder of the tradition of Buddhism. Gautama Siddhartha, born around the year 566 B.C.E. was recorded as a member of the kshatriya or warrior caste that originated in the northeastern portion of India. Oral and written traditions regarding Gautama Siddhartha indicate that he held a position of privilege within Indian society. It is those particular privileges he was said to have rejected for the life of a simple wanderer who sought..."

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In 1997 East Asia's financial markets collapsed causing economic ramifications that just might reverberate throughout the international community for years.

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"In 1997 East Asia's financial markets collapsed causing economic ramifications that just might reverberate throughout the international community for years. The crisis in East Asia has been briefly but well summarized by Lester Thurow, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in terms of short-run opportunities to make a lot of money overwhelming time worn economic realities (Thurow, 1998, 22). The situation is analogous to a barber's chair. It slowly gets pumped up ever higher, then with a push of a pedal the pressure is released. The chair falls until it returns to the floor.

The symptoms of the 'Asian flu' could just as easily be called the consequences of bad banking. They include a collapse in asset prices (particularly land, because rent is a reflection..."

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This paper is about what came to be known as the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98, which hit Thailand in July 1997, soon engulfed most of the countries in the region and at one time threatened to spread the world over. It traces the history and background of the crisis, the reasons why it happened, the effects it has had socially, politically and economically. The paper also covers the approaches adopted by the countries involved, and the international financial institutions to overcome the crisis and the lessons that need to be learnt from it. The focus of the paper is on the business and economic aspects of the crisis and only briefly covers its cultural, social, and political ramifications.

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"The next country to be affected by the Thai contagion was Philippines. Its central bank tried to support its currency by increasing the interest rates overnight. The Thai finance minister who was against devaluing the country's currency resigned on June 19. The Thai prime minister continued to declare that his country would "never devalue the baht" as late as June 30. But things had already gone out of hand as the Thailand's central bank had limited reserves of dollars and soon ran out of them in trying to defend the bath. The Bank of Thailand was forced to announce a managed float of the currency on July 2 with an SOS to IMF for help. This resulted in a sudden devaluation of baht to record lows against the dollar and the start of the currency crisis in East Asia was well and truly underway."

Tags:thailand, yen, japan, south, korea, taiwan, imf, economy, banks