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• Under Meiji’s rule new constitution was introduced.
• In 1889, Japan adopted the new constitution.
• Miyake Setsurei was a well-known Japanese philosopher.
• Miyake Setsurei believed that every nation must develop its special talent in the
interest of the world civilization.
• In Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95, China faced a humiliating defeat at the hands
of Japanese.
• On April 17,1895, Treaty of Shimoneski was signed between China and Japan.
• Defeat of China at the hands of Japan made China vulnerable.
• The Chinese declared after the war that both China and Japan needed reforms for
modernization.
• Sino-Japanese war served the basis for the Anglo-Japanese alliance in 1902.
• Two opium wars were fought between China and England between 1839-42 and
1856-60 respectively.
• After the decline of Manchu empire, a republic was established in 1911 in China.
• In 1912, Dr. Sun Yat-sen formed a national party of China. It was known as
Guomindang.
• The People’s Republic of China came into existence in 1949.
• In 1949, Communist Government was established in China and began a new age
in the history of China.

Important terms:

• Soviet: Elected council of peasants and workers
• Daimyo: Lords of the domain under their possession.
• Shogun: Official title of sell-Taishogun.
• Zaibastu: Large business houses controlled by individual families.
• Triangular trade: Trade carried out among three countries.
• Comintern: Communist International
• Meiji: Enlightened rule
• Fukoku Kyohei: Government slogan given during Meiji period, which means rich
country and strong army.
• Dim sum: Touch your heart.

Timeline

1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu establishes the Edo Shogunate.