Seventy years ago this December 13th, the Japanese Imperial Army began its seizure of Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. Japanese troops killed remnant Chinese soldiers in violation of the laws of war, murdered Chinese civilians, raped Chinese women, and destroyed or stole Chinese property on a scale that …

1 Answer. The behaviour of Japanese troops to Chinese civilians in 1937 and afterwards did much to increase the isolation of Japan and increased Chinese resolve to resist the invasion.

Studying the Nanjing Massacre is immensely important for two reasons. One, because it tells us about an important historical event that has too long been misunderstood or ignored. And second, because it tells us a great deal about the contemporary politics of China and Japan.

Following a bloody victory in Shanghai during the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese turned their attention towards Nanking. Fearful of losing them in battle, Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek ordered the removal of nearly all official Chinese troops from the city, leaving it defended by untrained auxiliary troops.

In Japan today, some forces still refuse to acknowledge the war of aggression and persist in affirming and glorifying the war. And these war glorifiers focus particularly on denying the facts of the Nanjing massacre.

November 13, 2013: Former Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio offered personal apology for Japan’s wartime crimes, especially the Nanking Massacre, “As a Japanese citizen, I feel that it’s my duty to apologise for even just one Chinese civilian killed brutally by Japanese soldiers and that such action cannot be …

Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II. Emperor Naruhito expressed”deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions at a somber annual ceremony curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

South Korea agreed to demand no further compensation, either at the government or individual level, after receiving $800 million in grants and soft loans from Japan as compensation for its 1910–45 colonial rule in the treaty.

This still left Germany with debts it had incurred in order to finance the reparations, and these were revised by the Agreement on German External Debts in 1953. After another pause pending the reunification of Germany, the last installment of these debt repayments was paid on 3 October 2010.

Between 1910 and 1945, Japan worked to wipe out Korean culture, language and history. In order to establish control over its new protectorate, the Empire of Japan waged an all-out war on Korean culture. Schools and universities forbade speaking Korean and emphasized manual labor and loyalty to the Emperor.

Japan and South Korea are maritime neighbors, and since the end of World War II are both allied with the United States. Despite this, the relationship between the two states have been continuously strained and unfriendly, due to many disputes.

After the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese War (1937) and of World War II in the Pacific (1941), Japan attempted to obliterate Korea as a nation: Koreans were forced to worship at Japanese Shintō shrines and even to adopt Japanese-style names, and academic societies devoted to Korean studies as well as newspapers …

Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. It is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea)….History.

South Korea had been an ally of the Republic of China. But in 1992 diplomatic ties between Seoul and Taipei were nevertheless severed. On August 24, 1992 formal diplomatic relations were established between Seoul and Beijing.

Japan’s population will more than halve, from a peak of 128 million in 2017 to less than 53 million by the end of the century, the researchers behind the new Lancet study predict. Japan already has the world’s oldest population and the highest rate of people over the age of 100.

In 109BC, China invaded and colonised Korea, establishing four commanderies ruled directly by the Chinese. The Han dynasty’s control of Korea was tenuous at best and soon the peninsula split into warring local kingdoms.

The Jin state was formed in southern Korea by the 3rd century BC. In the 2nd century BC, Gija Joseon was replaced by Wiman Joseon, which fell to the Han dynasty of China near the end of the century….History of Korea.

A recent study (2018) shows that the Japanese are predominantly descendants of the Yayoi people and are closely related to other modern East Asians, especially Koreans and Han Chinese. It is estimated that the majority of Japanese only has about 12% Jōmon ancestry or even less.

The Korean kingdoms were influenced by Chinese trade goods and culture. Korean writing systems (4th century a.d.), architecture, political systems, religions, and even musical instruments came from China. Koreans adapted these Chinese things and made them their own.

King Kongmin (1352–74) attempted a set of reforms to drive out the invaders and eliminate their influence from the court, but without success. Finally, in 1392, the newly emerged Confucian scholar Gen. Yi Sŏng-gye overthrew the shaky dynasty and founded the Chosŏn (Yi) dynasty (1392–1910).

The main influence originated from Japanese occupation of Korea lasting for 35 years from 1910s, which changed the development of the history in Korean cultural to a certain extent. During the occupation, the Japanese established thousands of schools in Korea, which have had a major impact on the education and culture.

Vietnamese culture was heavily influenced by Chinese culture due to the 1000 years of Northern rule. Following independence from China in the 10th century, Vietnam began a southward expansion and annexed territories formerly belonging to Champa and Khmer, resulting in various influences on the Vietnamese.

For over thousands of years, China ruled over Vietnam from 111 B.C. — 980 A.D. During the period, many Chinese culture wonders influenced the small country of the world. One of its influence was the classical Chinese writing.

Minh-Hoa Ta, who identifies as Chinese-Vietnamese, explains why Chinese Vietnamese were initially drawn to Chinatown. “When they were in Vietnam, they were classified as Chinese. They were forced to leave the country, labeled as unwanted by the government.

Vietnam shares borders with China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west; whilst maintaining maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

The bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Chinese: 中越关系, Vietnamese: Quan hệ Trung Quốc–Việt Nam) have been largely hostile, despite their common Sinospheric and socialist background.

Today the Philippines and Vietnam are economic allies and have a free trade deal with each other. Both nations are a part of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Why did the Vietnam War start? The United States had provided funding, armaments, and training to South Vietnam’s government and military since Vietnam’s partition into the communist North and the democratic South in 1954. Tensions escalated into armed conflict between the two sides, and in 1961 U.S. President John F.