COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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China
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Vietnam
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Japan
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India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Japan: Manchuria (Manchukuo), Northern China (1945/1946) Second Philippine Republic (1945/1946) Burma (1945/1948)
Detailed explanation-2: -Only Thailand remains independent. During World War II, the colonizing powers relax their grip on the region, and the Japanese encourage nascent independence movements to push for freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Portuguese brought Catholicism and the new technology of gun and gunpowder into Japan. The latter changed the way samurai rulers fought wars, and accelerated the process of national unification.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Japanese colonized Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria and islands in the Pacific. After the defeats of China and Russia, Japan began conquering and colonizing East Asia to expand its power. The victory over China in 1895 led to the annexation of Formosa (present-day Taiwan).