Syllabus For The Subject HISTORY OF CHINA AND JAPAN SINCE 1900

UNIT - 01

CHINA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY - POLITICAL - SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

CONDITION UNDER THE MANCHUS - OPINION WARS - TAIPEING REBELLION

UNIT - 02

FIRST SINS - JAPANESE WAR - TRIPLE INTERVENTION - SPHERES OF INFLUENCE - 100

DAYS REFORMS - BOXER UPRISING - REFORMS OF THE EMPRESS - REVOLUTION OF

1911

UNIT - 03

YUAN SHRI KAI - 21 DEMANDS OF JAPAN - POLITICAL TURMOIL - WAR LORDS - FIRST

WORLD WAR - RISE OF NATIONALISM IN CHINA - MAY 4TH MOVEMENT - SUN YAT SEN -

KUOMINTANG OF ASCENDANCY - CHINESE REPUBLIC AND CHIANG KAI SHEIK

UNIT - 04

RISE OF COMMUNISM - COOPERATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF SUN YAT SEN - MAO TSE

TUNG - LONG MARCH - SECOND WORLD WAR - CIVIL WAR - COLLAPSE OF KUOMINTANG

- ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNIST RULE

UNIT - 05

PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - MAO`S RULE - LEAP FORWARD MOVEMENT - CULTURAL

REVOLUTION - FOREIGN POLICY - BAMBOO CURTAIN POLICY - RELATION WITH OTHER

COUNTRIES

UNIT - 06

JAPAN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY - RULE OF TONKAWA SHOGANS -

REOPENING TO THE WEST - DOWNFALL OF THE SHOGNNATE - MEJI RESTORATION -

RESULTS OF MEJI RESTORATION - TRANSFORMATION OF JAPAN AS A MODERN

COUNTRY

UNIT - 07

JAPAN AS AN IMPERIAL POWER - ANGLO - JAPANESE ALLIANCE - RUSSO - JAPANESE

WAR - JAPAN AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR - WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

UNIT - 08

JAPAN IN WORLD POLITICS - MANCHURIAN CRISIS - COLLAPSE OF THE PARTY

GOVERNMENT - DARK VALLEY PERIOD - RISE OF MILITARISM IN JAPAN

UNIT - 09

JAPAN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - AXIS ALLIANCE - ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOR -

CONSEQUENCES

UNIT - 10

JAPAN`S AGGRESSION AND AMERICAN REACTIONS - PACIFIC CONFLICT - JAPAN`S

DEFEAT - REASONS - ATOM BOMB IMPACT

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY

3 Yr.

HISTORY OF CHINA AND JAPAN SINCE 1900(1020109)

UNIT - 11

JAPAN UNDER AMERICAN OCCUPATION - MC ARTHUR`S CONSTITUTION - REFORMS OF

MC ARTHUR - COMMUNISM AND JAPAN - SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

UNIT - 12

INDEPENDENCE OF JAPAN - ECONOMIC MIRACLE - POSITION IN WORLD MARKET -

RELATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES