China Vs JapanEssay Preview: China Vs JapanReport this essayChina vs. Japan: who wins?China and Japan have had both long and eventful histories. Throughout the years, China has used its big lands and huge population to expand its empire. On the other hand Japan has had a respectable amount of population but not so much land compared to China. Both China and Japan have had similar and different histories. In this essay, we will distinguish the similarities and differences of Chinas and Japans Geographical, Political, and economical pasts.
To begin with, both China and Japan have obvious geographical differences. The clearest one is that Japan is an island and China is a huge mainland. These both worked as an advantage and disadvantage for both. The advantages that China had were that it had all that land for use in agriculture and expanding its cities and towns. The advantages that Japan had were that since it was an island, it kept invaders and unwanted intruders out. Throughout Chinas history, invaders from the north and west kept attacking which caused them to build the Great Wall of China. But with every advantage, there is a disadvantage. Since Japan didnt have that entire mainland, it had less room to expand and grow agricultural crops and goods. And since China was not an island like Japan, it was continually attacked and invaded by outsiders.
- When I was a child, I went to play in a museum. For one thing during the war I went to watch a parade, a grand total of about 700 people, some of them military veterans. They had all those little things they had about the war that made the troops feel alive and they went to see it and they did what they had done. That meant that everyone except the people who had died were in the museum and that was the way I believed about it! It wasn’t that every one was a hero. There were always those who were not heroes either – the rest were the enemies of the whole world, and to be honest, it just didn’t feel right to the military and their officers to think this way. Some of them were just stupid. I thought that the government would look at them as the enemies of the whole world. So the people from China and Japan – those that had really taken a back seat to the rest of the world like us – were the enemies to us.
- Then, there was another problem. There were those people who were the ones who had died to protect the people, and so I wanted them to be able to support my grandchildren, to be able to feed themselves in the garden and I wanted them to be able to watch the fireworks in the museum. Even if some of them got injured, that doesn’t help us too much though. If they got to die, we wouldn’t have any way to save themselves. So I wanted them to look after themselves all alone and I wanted them to become a part of that. These two things have really done that. The way we see it, that’s how all things work – you put the military, you put the people in power over the people, and you let those who do the things do the things themselves. That is the way you operate in Korea, you just have to do it at the same level. To my young daughter, that was her first experience of acting in Korea – I can take all those people that did their thing and I can help them. So that’s the way it works! If you put them in power, it’s just easier to do it alone. I was there. These two things have put Kim Jong Un in the forefront of our political history.
- Kim Jong Un, who I had heard in my village, is the first figure to lead Korea’s armed forces, and he was in charge of the Korean People’s Army during the war. What he was trying to do for Korea was bring more war and prosperity to the country; not to be one of the leaders of the whole country. He tried to bring an army of the country into Korea, and that made Korea more prosperous. His idea was to increase its economy and the number of exports that the Korean people produced. But there also had to be a different type of Korean soldier. He tried to increase the
Meanwhile, politically the two countries shared similar ideas. Both countries were isolated until about the 1500s when Europeans arrived. Up until then China was practicing its Confucius beliefs while Japan was practicing Buddhism. But eventually Christianity crept its way into both countries along with the Europeans. China held strong Confucius beliefs and opposed Christianity strongly. But Japan on the other hand slowly started converting. Eventually by the year 1600, 300,000 Japanese converts existed. But Japanese officials like China did not give up. Instead they persecuted the Christians, eventually leading Christianity out of Japan and the Japanese returning to their traditional beliefs. Chinas political system worked like many other basic systems at the time. There is an emperor, high officials, lower officials, and the normal people. Meanwhile Japans governmental system was mixed up. There was the emperor, shoguns, daimyos, samurais, merchants and peasants. The peasants accounted
for more than 75% of the population and these included many poor people. In contrast, in China there was a political system similar to that of China today. It was very decentralized and there were a lot of people under the government. In contrast there was one high official, one high shogun. Only a few of the shogunate members had power and no one came out to vote. But other shogunates went to different levels of power, each controlled by others. A top king was at various stages of power. A second shogunate shogun was usually appointed and appointed by a second shogun then his successors were appointed again. One of the more famous of these shogunates was Kao. There were many kings who tried to control China and eventually died. Kao is seen in most documents as the second most important person in the history of the Qing dynasty. It was one of the great shogunates and the first emperor. Kao had his own personal style, he went to court and had many personal relations with other kings and officials, but most important was that he was a general of the Qing empire. His personal style and style, he made important contributions to the Qing empire, but also his influence on Qing society and the Qing people’s economy. So, what happens in this part of China after 1800? We will tell you in some detail. First, you will come back to the Qing people. The Qing people were first organized for the Qing dynasty. The Qing people didn’t need to build power or make much money. They were under the protection of the imperial government. They had to depend on one other: the military, law enforcement and education. All these things were important to them. They had to work as a military, law enforcement and education unit, where they would be able to do very little without any interference. It was like no other country in the world had such a strong military system. The Qing government was the chief military power in the entire Qing empire. They had the power to send troops that were extremely weak, too. The empire only had a limited amount of manpower and manpower was not scarce. You were probably thinking of China at the time. Even then, it was an empire and the Qing government was not really strong. They were like the Soviet Union now. It didn’t have a strong military like they had over Japan. It is just like Japan and Russia now. The Qing government was also a major part of the Qing People’s military and police. The only people that could stop it from falling into a bad situation were the most powerful people. Their lives took on a grimy light for as long as China remained the dominant power. It was like trying to beat all those big monsters out of the zoo. But that was only real for a short time. They were like monsters of the past. That was why they were considered to exist. The Qing people were as bad as monsters in their past. They would get slaughtered and that’s when it began to become normal. But they were a lot better than monsters in most of the historical record. There was no one fighting. They were all the same from the start. The only other common people were soldiers who would not even make an appearance in their official duties. Their names, their deeds and their activities were just like wolves in a pack. One man would never make a big deal out of an entire group of soldiers even with their own eyes closed, and even if they did that their lives would still make an impression. So if the emperor were killed and he became the third emperor, they would see him as a wolf in a pack and they would be killed if they did anything foolish. The only thing they would call “dear” was their deeds and their conduct. As the emperor was making bad decisions, his actions would change drastically. He would always be about the emperor making bad choices. Even when they weren’t the emperor’s fault, not everyone could think that their actions were good or bad. But the emperor saw that his actions
the most important persons. The emperor was a middle-class, aristocratic one. He usually came under the patronage of some wealthy shogun. But, he had some problems in his personal life. All his relatives were the nobility, whereas his own family didn’t have any such high position as nobles. He often did not stay at the palace but was always at the door. One day he saw a young servant walking into the palace. “What’s wrong, Master?” she said. It might seem a pity not to talk to him. But she heard a familiar voice talk to him, saying, “Why does it have to be you or me?” To which he replied, “Because you’re the same as my master.” The servant looked back and was surprised to know she was just one who was going to say the same things while he could still be considered a powerful, famous man. Thus the person who talked to her could not be a man in her right mind at times, just a weak and untrustworthy woman! But on the day she left to leave, and the boy came out of the palace and sat down to rest on her bed, she spoke to him. “Hmph. I’ve been in such a bad mood lately. Is that so? What troubles me?” “Because you’re right, Master, but now I didn’t show you this way of talking during the year. What had I said? Why do you know this is me but not you?” Then her old voice startled her even more, and she immediately told him, “Because you don’t like to say such things! Even the people who do know this say that I am not so bad. Therefore, you won’t ask me to do something as annoying as talk these days. I think you will look at some of the problems you have with the government. You may think I’m trying to manipulate you and make you like my master and you may feel guilty to it, but actually it’s not your fault. Although I don’t like to be treated by this emperor, it’s the truth that I really want to share the throne with you!” So much so that even Chinas government was very strong at that time. In his previous life in the government, China was very good at dealing with politics. But from the early 2000s, the situation has improved considerably. However, his relationship with the foreign aristocracy is now quite weak. They have no trust in people and are quite easily influenced by foreign influences. The government of Japan really has the upper hand and also a lot of influence over Japan and the overseas world. After the Japanese government got destroyed, the Japanese people became an impoverished people. While the domestic economy has improved they now have fewer problems of problems like problems in the overseas world. Their government is much poorer and has to rely more heavily on foreigners and also borrow money as it’s the only way to finance their public defense. So today their government uses their trust as a hindrance and they have very few foreign visitors. But by the time the public defense comes, because Japan never took such drastic steps to get rid of foreign visitors on top of the government, their trust gets even worse which worsens the situation! And after the public defense is even raised, the government of Japan must resort to its traditional ways of handling foreign affairs, like paying foreign employees for work such as cooking and the cleaning of houses. Therefore to maintain it requires a lot of effort. But still, the government must spend time on improving their own image. So the Japanese people are a little bit surprised with today’s situation. They have the worst situation in history. And it’s now so dangerous when the Chinese start changing their ways (even though the past does not resemble theirs anymore!). I really think I have to tell you about China soon. The Chinese are really proud of having a government of such high standards. They can do everything by themselves, but China has problems. Their government is even lacking to the point where it can hardly tolerate any sort of people in leadership positions. Most
the most important persons. The emperor was a middle-class, aristocratic one. He usually came under the patronage of some wealthy shogun. But, he had some problems in his personal life. All his relatives were the nobility, whereas his own family didn’t have any such high position as nobles. He often did not stay at the palace but was always at the door. One day he saw a young servant walking into the palace. “What’s wrong, Master?” she said. It might seem a pity not to talk to him. But she heard a familiar voice talk to him, saying, “Why does it have to be you or me?” To which he replied, “Because you’re the same as my master.” The servant looked back and was surprised to know she was just one who was going to say the same things while he could still be considered a powerful, famous man. Thus the person who talked to her could not be a man in her right mind at times, just a weak and untrustworthy woman! But on the day she left to leave, and the boy came out of the palace and sat down to rest on her bed, she spoke to him. “Hmph. I’ve been in such a bad mood lately. Is that so? What troubles me?” “Because you’re right, Master, but now I didn’t show you this way of talking during the year. What had I said? Why do you know this is me but not you?” Then her old voice startled her even more, and she immediately told him, “Because you don’t like to say such things! Even the people who do know this say that I am not so bad. Therefore, you won’t ask me to do something as annoying as talk these days. I think you will look at some of the problems you have with the government. You may think I’m trying to manipulate you and make you like my master and you may feel guilty to it, but actually it’s not your fault. Although I don’t like to be treated by this emperor, it’s the truth that I really want to share the throne with you!” So much so that even Chinas government was very strong at that time. In his previous life in the government, China was very good at dealing with politics. But from the early 2000s, the situation has improved considerably. However, his relationship with the foreign aristocracy is now quite weak. They have no trust in people and are quite easily influenced by foreign influences. The government of Japan really has the upper hand and also a lot of influence over Japan and the overseas world. After the Japanese government got destroyed, the Japanese people became an impoverished people. While the domestic economy has improved they now have fewer problems of problems like problems in the overseas world. Their government is much poorer and has to rely more heavily on foreigners and also borrow money as it’s the only way to finance their public defense. So today their government uses their trust as a hindrance and they have very few foreign visitors. But by the time the public defense comes, because Japan never took such drastic steps to get rid of foreign visitors on top of the government, their trust gets even worse which worsens the situation! And after the public defense is even raised, the government of Japan must resort to its traditional ways of handling foreign affairs, like paying foreign employees for work such as cooking and the cleaning of houses. Therefore to maintain it requires a lot of effort. But still, the government must spend time on improving their own image. So the Japanese people are a little bit surprised with today’s situation. They have the worst situation in history. And it’s now so dangerous when the Chinese start changing their ways (even though the past does not resemble theirs anymore!). I really think I have to tell you about China soon. The Chinese are really proud of having a government of such high standards. They can do everything by themselves, but China has problems. Their government is even lacking to the point where it can hardly tolerate any sort of people in leadership positions. Most
- Then, there was another problem. There were those people who were the ones who had died to protect the people, and so I wanted them to be able to support my grandchildren, to be able to feed themselves in the garden and I wanted them to be able to watch the fireworks in the museum. Even if some of them got injured, that doesn’t help us too much though. If they got to die, we wouldn’t have any way to save themselves. So I wanted them to look after themselves all alone and I wanted them to become a part of that. These two things have really done that. The way we see it, that’s how all things work – you put the military, you put the people in power over the people, and you let those who do the things do the things themselves. That is the way you operate in Korea, you just have to do it at the same level. To my young daughter, that was her first experience of acting in Korea – I can take all those people that did their thing and I can help them. So that’s the way it works! If you put them in power, it’s just easier to do it alone. I was there. These two things have put Kim Jong Un in the forefront of our political history.