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Japan through Vietnamese Eyes (1905–1945)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Tran My-Van
Tran My-Van
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University of South Australia
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Vietnamese resistance to French rule dates back to the mid-nineteenth century, but the first decade of the twentieth century heralded a new chapter in the long history of anti-colonialism in Vietnam. It began with the fervent reformist efforts of a group of nationalist scholars trained and brought up in traditional ways, whose Movement for Modernisation (Phong Trao Duy Tan) was greatly influenced by the rise of Japan in the eastern hemisphere, especially following Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese war (1904–1905). Japan became a source of inspiration and began to be perceived as a model, a stimulant and even as a possible saviour of Vietnam.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 126 - 146
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1999

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A preliminary version of this article was delivered at a Symposium on the Japanese Occupation sponsored by the Department of History at the National University of Singapore in December 1995. The Toyota Foundation provided financial support for the Symposium, and I am grateful to the Foundation for supporting my participation.

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