GSD: Asian Studies Timeline--Fall Semester by Anjoli Roy https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca Our Not-at-All-Comprehensive Timeline of Sample Historical Conflicts + Crises in Asia from before 1990 (Events in green we will likely introduce you to in class) en-us 2021-10-19 21:52:49 UTC 2023-09-13 23:05:04 UTC hello@padlet.com WORLD WAR 1: 1914-1918 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828565937 2021-10-19 21:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828565937 WORLD WAR 2: 1939-1945 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828566618 Japanese Occupation of Indochina

--1940: French presence in Indochina weakened after France surrenders to Nazi Germany
--1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, ten hours later invades the Philippines, US forces and Philippine gorillas push out Japanese forces
--1945: 8/15 Japan surrenders after US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 8/25 Emperor Bao Dai abdicates, 9/2 Ho Chi Minh declares Democratic Republic of Viet Nam]]> 2021-10-19 21:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828566618 Japan: Meiji Restoration Begins 1868 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828567519 2021-10-19 21:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828567519 Vietnam/American War: 1955-1975 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828569319 --1955: Ngo Binh Diem, provisional prime minister of State of Viet Nam, rejects national election, proclaims Republic of Viet Nam and himself president
--1957: Communist resistance begins in South Viet Nam
--1959: National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) forms
--1961: JFK sends advisors and equipment but not troops to Viet Nam. US cites “Domino Theory” to justify its support of a non-Communist regime in South Viet Nam. Cold War tensions mount between US and Soviet Union.
--1963: Buddhist monks protest Diem administration
--1964: US escalates military presence in South Viet Nam. JFK assassinated. Coup d’etat. Pres. Diem and brother Nhu assassinated.
--1965: Soviet Union ramps up aid to North Viet Nam
--1964: Succession of unsuccessful leaders in South Viet Nam (Gen Nguyen Khanh, Phan Huy Quat, Nguyen Cao Ky, Nguyen Van Thieu)
--1966: American troops in Viet Nam
--1967: 500,000 American troops in Viet Nam. Hue Massacre, My Lai Massacre
--1968: Tet Offensive. Anti-war protests. “Saigon Execution” wins Pulitzer.
--1969: Vietnamization (withdrawal of US troops). Nixon elected president.
1969-73: Secret bombing of Cambodia
1972-73: Peace talks between the US and North Viet Nam
1973: US pulls out of Viet Nam
1975: Fall of Sai Gon. April 30 Liberation Day]]> 2021-10-19 21:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828569319 India Independence: Partition 1947, creation of Pakistan aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828569892 2021-10-19 21:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828569892 Bangladesh: 1971 Independence aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828570859 2021-10-19 21:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828570859 First Indochina War: 1946-1954 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828574022 --1949: Bao Dai creates competing government, State of Viet Nam, appoints pro-French leaders
--1953-56: Violent land reform in the North deepens fear of Communism
--1954: French lose Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Geneva Accords temporarily divide Viet Nam into North and South, resulting in mass migration]]> 2021-10-19 22:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828574022 Japan/Okinawa/US: 1903-1975 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828579393 --early 1900s: Hōgen Fuda dialect placards used to dissuade students from speaking Okinawan; a student could only get rid of having to wear this placard once they found another student speaking in dialect to transfer the placard to
--1920: "no Okinawans or Koreans" signs that shopkeepers hung in Japan as Okinawans came there to find work
--1921: collapse in the price of sugar, which was 80 percent of Okinawa's exports, which resulted in people desperate to eat what the could, like poisonous leaves
--1945: Battle of Okinawa
--1945-1972: US military occupation of Okinawa; Okinawa was reverted to Japan in 1972 but there are still ongoing US military bases in Okinawa today
--1970s: prostitution in Okinawan for American GIs, play and play's translator emphasizes many of whom were Black men, positioned as a way to protect Japanese women and Japanese blood lines
--1975: Okinawa International Ocean Exhibition to celebrate the reversion of Okinawa to Japan]]> 2021-10-19 22:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828579393 India/Pakistan War for Kashmir 1965 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828586093 largest tank battle since WW2]]> 2021-10-19 22:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828586093 Philippines/US: 1898-1935 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828594690 --1898: Spanish American War ends, Spain cedes Philippines to the US
--1899: Philippine War of Independence begins
--1904: St. Louis Worlds Fair takes place--1,102 Filipinos were put on display
--1935: US govt establishes the Commonwealth of the Philippines

]]> 2021-10-19 22:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828594690 Philippine Independence: 1946 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828599504 2021-10-19 22:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828599504 Vietnam Independence: 1945 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828600885 2021-10-19 22:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828600885 Philippines: Marcos Dictatorship 1965-1986 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828603724 1965-1972: Third Republic
1972-1981: Philippines under martial law
1981-1986: Fourth Republic]]> 2021-10-19 22:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828603724 Japan/China: Invasion of Nanking 1937 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828783990 2021-10-20 00:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1828783990 China: Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831267355 2021-10-20 18:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831267355 China: May 4th Movement, 1917-1921 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831358862 --Modernization: Rise of science and democracy]]> 2021-10-20 18:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831358862 China: New Life Movement, 1934 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831365773 --Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of China, heralded this movement to rally the Chinese people against the Communists and build up morale in a nation that was besieged with corruption, factionalism, and opium addiction. Rather than turning away from Confucian values, as did the May 4 Movement, Chiang Kai-shek used the Confucian notion of self-cultivation and correct living for this movement.]]> 2021-10-20 18:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831365773 China: Mao Zedong, 1943-1976 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831369741 --Mao (1893-1976) was an arch-critic of traditional Chinese culture, but in applying the thoughts of Marx and Lenin (which are Western) to China he still cautioned that the Chinese Communists must not forget their own history, and that Communist ideology must have Chinese characteristics.]]> 2021-10-20 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831369741 China: Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831385489 2021-10-20 18:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831385489 China: Revolution, End of 200 years of empire, First of Republic of China, 1911-1931 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831606267 --Yuan Shikai was sworn in as the first president of the Republic of China on March 10, 1912. Two hundred sixty-seven years of Qing rule had come to an end.
--Yuan Shikai continued to assert his presidential authority by reorganizing provincial governments, increasing his control over military spending and foreign policy and attempting to revive many of the Qing religious observances and rituals. By the time of his death on June 5, 1916 Yuan Shikai’s power had eroded. China was now left without a recognized central authority and soon descended into a period where competing warlords in the provinces vied for political and military power. (Facing History)
--Sun Yat-sen's nationalism and 1921 Three Principles of the People inspired by Abe Lincoln...pseudo scientific understandings of race and "yellow blood" (side note: Sun was educated in Hawaii). (Facing History)
--Zou Rong called for revolution as a way to advance civilization, to become "masters" (Facing History) ]]> 2021-10-20 20:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1831606267 China: Long March, 1934-1936 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1849203168 http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1900_mao_march.htm]]> 2021-10-27 18:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1849203168 India: 1857 Sepoy Rebellion aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1868471802 First fight for independence! United Muslims and Hindus alike against the British.]]> 2021-11-04 21:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1868471802 India: Gandhi and the Salt March, 1930 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1868473933 2021-11-04 21:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/1868473933 India: Indenture 1834-1917; Chinese indenture also continues during this time aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2330169355 2022-10-06 23:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2330169355 1904 US/Philippines Louisiana Purchase Exposition aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2343817960 •Who was on display in this exposition and why were they on display? 
•Indigenous North Americans, including Apache and Tlingit tribal members
•People from “unincorporated territories” of the US, including Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
•1,102 Filipinos, mostly “Igorots,” trafficked under harsh conditions
•Burial plots in two St. Louis cemeteries were prepared in advance
]]> 2022-10-17 18:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2343817960 1903 Fifth Domestic and Industrial Exposition in Osaka aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2343821344 •First time human beings were displayed in an anthropological exhibition in Japan meant to showcase the various races of the world
Among the people displayed were Ainu, Okinawans, Indigenous Taiwanese and Han Taiwanese, Koreans, Chinese, Javanese, Indians, a Turk, and an African]]> 2022-10-17 18:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2343821344 Korea: Korea is cut into North and South Korea, 1945 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344175588 2022-10-18 00:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344175588 Korean War: 1945-1950 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344180724 2022-10-18 00:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344180724 China, Britain: First Opium War, 1839 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344182223 2022-10-18 00:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344182223 China, Britain: Second Opium War, 1856 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344182995 2022-10-18 00:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344182995 Myanmar (Burma): The 8/8/88 Protests, 1988 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344185125 saw a death toll of 350 to as many as 1000 people in 1988]]> 2022-10-18 00:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344185125 China: The Tienanmen Square Massacre, 1989 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344185748 2022-10-18 00:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2344185748 Okinawa/Japan: 1879, the Ryukyu Kingdom was formally annexed and dissolved by Japan aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2347790259 2022-10-19 20:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2347790259 Viet Nam: Tet Offensive 1968 aroy73 https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2702865957 North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. ]]> 2023-09-13 23:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aroy73/j3iwqvddjgjyjqca/wish/2702865957