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> Having noted that there is no infallible way of telling Chinese and Japanese apart by face, physique or mannerism, TIME felt justified in giving such general distinctions as are backed by authoritative anthropological opinion and by lay observers who have studied the Oriental races closely. If, as several TIME readers...
When grasping Japan seized China's island of Formosa (the Beautiful) in 1895 and renamed it Taiwan (Terraced Bay), the Chinese accepted their loss with Oriental calm. In the years that followed they watched their neighbor struggle with Formosan problems of malaria, head-hunting savages, typhoons and earthquakes.
Eight tan, faultlessly dressed, glossy-haired men arose and shouted in unison: Chai-yo! (Hurrah). They shouted it five times. For the Minister announced that, no matter what his Government said: "I have decided to work from now on for one thing and one thing only-the re-establishment of...
"China and Japan must not be directly controlled after the war," said Professor Holcombe. "We must modify our aims by recognizing the Oriental point of view and allowing friendly liberal governments to develop there by themselves.
Three courses of action were open to the United States at the outbreak of the Chinese-Japanese war, Thomas declared. We might have asserted our sympathies for the Chinese and boycotted Japanese war materials, as we did; we might have ignored the Asiatic situation and tried appeasement; or we could...