Paths to Modernisation
1. What were the major developments before the Meiji restoration that made it possible for Japan to modernise rapidly?
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2. Discuss how daily life was transformed as Japan developed.
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3. How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?
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4. What were Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles?
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5. How did Korea deal with the foreign currency crisis in 1997?
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6. Did Japan’s policy of rapid industrialisation lead to wars with its neighbours and destruction of the environment?
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7. Do you think that Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China were successful in liberating China and laying the basis for its current success?
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8. Did economic growth in South Korea contribute to its democratisation?
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