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Japan's Response to the Chinese Revolution of 1911

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Masaru Ikei
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The revolution that erupted in China in 1911 came as a shock to Japan. The Japanese had taken advantage of the opportunity created by their victory over Russia in 1905 to annex Korea and extend their influence into China. Their chief aim was to use the Korean peninsula as a base for an advance into Manchuria. Encouraged by various interests acquired through the Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan already had begun to exercise some control in Manchuria.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , February 1966 , pp. 213 - 227
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966

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