Why does the “Nanjing Massacre” remain such a contentious issue over seventy years on? Introduction The event at the origin of the contention The rise of the contention over time: the massacre as an instrument to serve politics The unsolved controversy on textbooks Public opinion beyond control Content of the contention Conclusion The Nanjing massacre during the winter of 1937-1938 has no parallel in either country’s history of external
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After the First World War everyone wanted to avoid repetition of the mass slaughter of the war that had just ended. US was horrified by such an act‚ therefore‚ President Woodrow Wilson suggested an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain World peace. Before 1920 there was no such organization or place where the national Delegates could meet up and try to talk their way through their problems. After the War with great number of deaths‚ this idea was liked by almost everyone. Its main
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The Classic Features Expressed in Love-Based Movies : Analysis on Representative Romance Movies in Hong Kong‚ Korea‚ and Japan Course Code: JASP 1130 / UGEC 1293 Course Title: Chinese-Japanese-Korean Movies: Appreciation and Comparison Course Instructor: Dr. Wu Yongmei Student ID: 1155015129 Question: Please take Hong Kong movie Chungking Express‚ directed by Wong Kar Wai‚ Japanese movie Love Letter‚ directed by Shunji Iawi‚ and Korean movie The Classic‚ directed by Kwak Jae-Yong as examples
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The Politics of Apology and the Nanjing Massacre History 2414-050: East Asia Since 1500 April 4‚ 2014 An apology given based on pride isn’t an apology‚ nor one given under duress. Such is the case with Japan and China. The Japanese have time and again expressed sympathy‚ remorse and many ministers have apologized for the 1937 Nanjing massacre‚ and other atrocities that the Chinese suffered during the Second Sino-Japanese War of World War Two‚ at the hands of
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Japanese Government A Research Paper In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 4 by Christian James D. Lee Zamboanga City High School English Department February‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter page Introduction……………………………………………………………….... 1 Outline……………………………………………………………………… 2-3 I. Japanese Government
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INTRODUCTION At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ instantly killing around 80‚000 people. Three days later‚ a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ causing the deaths of 40‚000 more. The dropping of the bombs‚ which occurred by executive order of US President Harry Truman‚ remains the only nuclear attack in history. In the months following the attack‚ roughly 100‚000 more people died slow‚ horrendous deaths as a result
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In August of 1945 nuclear weapons were exploded upon the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Following these atomic bombings‚ Japan surrendered. But were the atomic bombings necessary to save Allied lives and end Japan’s threat to world peace while avoiding a deadly invasion of the Japanese mainland? The following account summarizes the events that led to Japan’s surrender in World War II and then considers other means of achieving Japan’s surrender. The second half of this article‚ which
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Books‚ 1997. 6. Gilpatrick‚ Kristin. Footprints in Courage. Badger Books Inc.‚ 2002 7 8. Office of the Provost Marshal General. Report on American Prisoners of War interned by the Japanese in the Philippines. November 19‚ 1945. 9. Herbert P. Bix‚ Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. HarperCollins‚ 2000 10 11. McArthur‚ Douglas. The Campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific: Volume 1 of Reports of General MacArthur. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office‚ 1996. 12 13. Rose‚ Caroline
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History Introduction: In the two decades following World War I‚ most of the world was swept up in economic depression. During the 1920’s and 1930’s‚ most nations attempted to cope with the problems of the post-war economy and uncertainties‚ with the U.S. stock market crash exacerbating the problem. The war ravaged nations of Europe had become dependent on financial help from America; however‚ U.S. economic policies made it increasingly difficult for European nations economies
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To what extent was Japan’s desire for natural resources the main reason for its entry into World War Two? * Prior to the outbreak of World War II‚ China was heavily supported by Germany (until 1938) and the Soviet Union. The latter readily provided aircraft‚ military supplies‚ and advisors seeing China as a buffer against Japan. The United States‚ Britain‚ and France limited their support to war contracts prior to the beginning of the larger conflict. Public opinion‚ while initially on the
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