East Asia Timeline: China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan
Course: HIST 218 Modern East Asian History
Period China Japan Vietnam Korea Taiwan
Ming (to • Warring states period
1644) • ~1600: Tokugawa rule
begins
• Some influence from
China (but less than Korea
and Vietnam)
Qing (to • Since 1840s: “national • Rising military power, • Pretext: more steeped in • 18th century: bloom
1912) humiliation” 1868–1912* various foreign languages, • 1876: Japan – Ganghwa
• Western indirect control and • 1895: Sino-Japanese War culture and practices than Treaty
concessions China/Japan
• 1905: Russo-Japanese • After 1906: Japanese
• Sino-Japanese War War • Became a French colony*
protectorate / colony
• Racist nationalism (?) –
1919*
1912–1945 • Divided state, multiple • 1919: WW1 • 1919: nationalism • During WW2 (1939–45):
governments • 1912–31 under Japanese rule
• Civil War, 1913–1937 (CCP • 1931–37
founded 1921)
• 1937–1945: Japanese
aggression war (WW2)
• (WW1: 1914–1918)
1945–1949 • Civil War • After 1945: (no details • 1945–1970s: War • 1945–50
noted)
1950–1953 • Korean War • Korean War
1953–1956 • “Good life?”
• Socialist experimentation
• Planned economy
~1960 • Reorganizing state and society, • South Korea:
but poorly planned industrialization
• Food shortage & famine • Educated people moved
from North Korea to the
South after the war
Course: HIST 218 Modern East Asian History
Period China Japan Vietnam Korea Taiwan
Ming (to • Warring states period
1644) • ~1600: Tokugawa rule
begins
• Some influence from
China (but less than Korea
and Vietnam)
Qing (to • Since 1840s: “national • Rising military power, • Pretext: more steeped in • 18th century: bloom
1912) humiliation” 1868–1912* various foreign languages, • 1876: Japan – Ganghwa
• Western indirect control and • 1895: Sino-Japanese War culture and practices than Treaty
concessions China/Japan
• 1905: Russo-Japanese • After 1906: Japanese
• Sino-Japanese War War • Became a French colony*
protectorate / colony
• Racist nationalism (?) –
1919*
1912–1945 • Divided state, multiple • 1919: WW1 • 1919: nationalism • During WW2 (1939–45):
governments • 1912–31 under Japanese rule
• Civil War, 1913–1937 (CCP • 1931–37
founded 1921)
• 1937–1945: Japanese
aggression war (WW2)
• (WW1: 1914–1918)
1945–1949 • Civil War • After 1945: (no details • 1945–1970s: War • 1945–50
noted)
1950–1953 • Korean War • Korean War
1953–1956 • “Good life?”
• Socialist experimentation
• Planned economy
~1960 • Reorganizing state and society, • South Korea:
but poorly planned industrialization
• Food shortage & famine • Educated people moved
from North Korea to the
South after the war
