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Modern China
History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett
Conquer with a Facade: The Illusion of Liberation
Japan's unexpected victory over Russia positioned it as the primary threat to China, prompting European powers to form an alliance against it. The Japanese militaristic ideology dehumanized the Chinese, framing their conquests as a mission to liberate Asia from colonialism, despite the reality that this was primarily a means to exploit the region. At the same time, resistance to European domination took the form of movements like the Boxer Rebellion, illustrating the desperate attempts to counter imperial influences under the waning Manchu monarchy.
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