Alright /his/. I have an argumentative paper on East Asian history since 1800 coming up. What position, from an Asian perspective should I argue?
Nothing like "The Canton system was an effective method of containment in early Chinese history" or "The response to the atomic bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the Japanese was wrong". Something with substance. Any suggestions?
Mao did nothing wrong
You can do the Opium War and its effect on Asian society today.
>destabalize entire empire
>make SEA into a drug dependent/making region
Current day ramifications are very harsh penalties for drug offenders (death penalties)
>>334464
Was actually kind of thinking this. The prof didn't dip into it too much, and I might like to explore the actual situation at the time.
>>334553
Argument has to be from an Asian perspective. What sort of thing might one phrase for that? "Despite the short term atrocities committed by the British during the opium wars, the long term effects have overall contributed to the success of China"?
>>334562
This is dumb. That's like saying the annexation of Poland helped Germany's long term success.
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>>334447
Write something about Manchukuo and its utopian "racial harmony" propaganda.
>>334562
Speaking as somebody who took Chinese public school, the Opium War and the subsequent treaties are still a sore spot for national pride. You can talk about how it ignited fervor for nationalism and reforms I guess.
>>334582
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>>334447
The Meiji Restoration was a social and political disaster
>>334580
I would say it has.
They're closing the borders in the wake of the terrorism/immigration crisis, rather than be overtaken like they were in between the world wars.
