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China Vs Japan
China and Japan had a conflict known as the First Sino-Japanese War.This war was caused by Korea being a Chinese tributary state.The Korean king paid tribute to the Chinese emperor which made Japan mad.Japan ended up getting some papers signed about unfairness & more.Soon after,China sent in troops from Korea to end the rebellion in Japan without letting Japan know.Cleverly, Japan had a treaty signed against them that was against them attacking & used it against them and this started the war. -
The Aftermath of the War
The war didn't last long and they ended up losing.Due to this incident,the Chinese Empire was weakened. The Treaty of Shimonoseki ended Korea's tribute to China and made Korea a Japanese tributary state. Japan also ended up gained trading rights with multiple Chinese cities. After this, Japan ended up causing Pearl Harbor. -
Economic Facts
The war caused their economy to weakened. Many people died. The estimate wasn't know but they knew it was bigger than Russia's causalities. The less people, the less money there was. -
Economic Facts 2+3
Since the wealth went down, most people began to famine. The aftermath of the war did not do them good. They tried to rebuild their empire but it took a lot of time. The U.S. tried to help as much as possible by shipping food and war materials. -
Political Facts
Mao Zedong was the leader of the Communist Party. He was known for the Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution. He ruled until death. -
Political Facts 2
The Great Leap was a try to transform China into a society that was capable of competing with other Industrialization which went on from 1958-1962 -
Political Facts 3
The Cultural Revolution was made so he can reassert his authority over the Chinese government. Basically it was made so Communist would last. This ended up killing roughly around 30 million people. This took place from 1966-1976. -
China in the present
Currently China is the 100th in freest. Their economic and political state is well not like many years ago. They managed to build up and move forward.
