Nationalistic pride
Western model
Economic growth
Raw materials
Markets for manufactured goods
Strategic concerns
"Korean dagger," Klemens Meckel, 1885
"Line of advantage," #12 Yamagata, 1890
Industrializing economy
Modern Military
Growing nationalism
Defeat of China, 1895
Defeat of Russia, 1905
Protectorate, 1905
Colony, 1910
Republic of China, 1912
Warlordism, 1916-1927
Guomindang (National People's Party)
"President" Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of China redeclared Oct. 10, 1928
Capital in Nanjing
Remaining warlords give "loyalty" to government
Chinese Communist Party
Chairman Mao Zedong
*Kwantung Army
Liaodong and Manchurian R.R.
Conspirators
Col. Ishiwara Kanji
Imperial Way faction (Gordon, p. 193)
Manchurian warlord army
Zhang Zuolin
Assassinated 1928
Zhang Xueliang
"The Young Marshall"
Mukden, Sept. 18, 1931
Kwantung Army attack
Lack of Manchurian army resistance
Jehol (Rehe)
*Puyi, “The Last Emperor”
Emperor, March 1934