Can someone explain how Japan was able to bully n invade China in the early 20th century

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

China was in the middle of a civil war

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

One of the reasons the Chinese are authoritarian today is bc of this legacy of internal dissension leading to weakness and vulnerability from abroad. It's why they go so hard re: Hong Kong, Taiwan etc.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

The thread about the atomic bomb got me thinking


More was a island country like Japan able to bully n conquer to the most populated country in the world and what made them even bold enough to try

And how did China go from a country that let nikkas bully them to a super power in 50 years

Great live discussion happening right now on this topic breh

 

[High quality poster]

Jin Sakai that’s how

 

[Grand Conde]

You mean for reasons other than technology and industralisation?

 

[Uchiha God]

Because Jin Sakai's bloodline was still going strong back then.

Only real ones will relate

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

It’s a trip to talk to someone being real about that time from the Japanese perspective.

To the hardliners ( and they will almost never tell non Nihon) , these skirmishes were about a Japan protecting all of Asia from white people. In other words, China and Korea etc , could not protect Asia , so they needed a firm hand to help out. Some bad things were done, but it was for the greater good.

 

[Geordi]

Too much infighting and they did not keep up with the rest of the upcoming superpowers technologically. Thats how many cultures get conquered throughout history.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

It’s a trip to talk to someone being real about that time from the Japanese perspective.

To the hardliners ( and they will almost never tell non Nihon) , these skirmishes were about a Japan protecting all of Asia from white people. In other words, China and Korea etc , could not protect Asia , so they needed a firm hand to help out. Some bad things were done, but it was for the greater good.

Keep going

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Watch any kung-fu movie and they pretty much show you that China was in no way unified.​

 

[Another Man]

Only real ones will relate

Have ghosts pull up on you ching chang chongrehs

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

Keep going

Look up Shumei Okawa. He was just a writer, but he was brought up on war crimes because he pushed pan-Asian (ism) so hard. The only non military or government person to be charged.

He was the Japanese Goebbels to some. I don’t put him on that level, but they will never admit, his way of thinking was popular at the time.

 

[Robo Squirrel]

The thread about the atomic bomb got me thinking


More was a island country like Japan able to bully n conquer to the most populated country in the world and what made them even bold enough to try

And how did China go from a country that let nikkas bully them to a super power in 50 years

I swear on everything that I love, I have asked myself this question more times than I can count.

 

[Robo Squirrel]

The thread about the atomic bomb got me thinking


More was a island country like Japan able to bully n conquer to the most populated country in the world and what made them even bold enough to try

And how did China go from a country that let nikkas bully them to a super power in 50 years

They use spies to infiltrate governments. The Chinese are sneaky tricksters.

 

[num123]

Did not help that China was attacked by the British Empire for trying to stop them from selling opium to their people two times:
Opium Wars

Those wars started the end of Imperial China and allowed Japan to be the power in the East.