Nationalist Movement in Indo – China Notes

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12. OTHER WAYS OF BECOMING MODERN CHINA & JAPAN

  1. Describe GO-EAST movement? 
  • Nearly in 1907-1908, nearly 300 Vietnamese students went to Japan to get modern education.
  • But their primary objective was to drive out French from Vietnam, overthrow the puppet emperor and to re-establish Nguyen Dynasty.
  • They looked for foreign arms & help.
  • They appealed Japanese as fellow Asians.
  • Japan was unconquered by all imperialist power. It was very small country.
  • Its victory over Russia in 1907 proved its military capabilities.
  • Vietnamese Students establish a branch of restoration society in Tokyo, but after 1908, Japanese Ministry of Interior clamped down on them. Many including Phan-Boi-Chau were deported enforced to seek exile in China & Japan.
  1. Who was Sun Yat-Sen? 
  • Sun Yat-Sen was a nationalist leader of China.
  • The monarchy is China was overthrown by a popular movement started by him in 1911.
  • Later a republic was set up in China. The Vietnamese were inspired by these developments.
  • Vietnamese students organized the association for the restoration of Vietnam.

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