Japan and China: Paths Toward the World Community

The 19th century marked the arrival of Japan and China, two of the most influential and nationalistic nations in East Asia, at fateful crossroads in the respective histories. Japan, a historically isolated nation now confronted by a crumbling domestic order and the pressures of an expanding world market, was forced to make monumental decisions to shift their national policy toward a successful entry into the world community. From political upheavals to militaristic expansion and from …

…economic and social stability for both nations. Though Japan and China have taken differing paths toward adjusting to the modern era and becoming world powers, the common bond between both nations is the strong nationalistic view of all facets political, economic and social change. While seeking the best for their people and the nation itself both Japan and China stumbled but managed to pick itself up and move forward to become pillars of world stability.