A Study Of The South China Policy Of Taiwan Government-General

Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895,Japan occupied Taiwan and thePenghu Islands.During its fifty-year colonization,Japan had been in an overspreadinto South China via Taiwan.This dissertation,with the South China Policy of TaiwanGovernment-General as its subject,concentrates on the issue of Japan's overspreadinto Fujian Province through the schooling from 1890s to 1930s (1895-1937).Thisdissertation is divided into 6 chapters.Chapter 1,Introduction.The reasons to choose the South China Policy of TaiwanGovernment-General as the subject of this dissertation,the significance of this subjecttogether with its research trends home and abroad,the basic historical data as well asthe research frame work of this subject are briefly introduced in this chapter.Chapter 2,The Inchoation and the Survey of the South China Policy of TaiwanGovernment-General This chapter aims to review the historic development ofJapan's coveting of Fujian Province around the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895,analyze the policy making of the South China Policy and its implementation after theSino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 by Taiwan Government-General,Japan's colonizinginstitution,and summarize the South China Policy in different stages.Chapter 3,Foochow Japanese School (福州东文学堂) & the South ChinaPolicy.With Foochow Japanese School as a case study,this chapter mainly tries todisclose the fact that T(?)a D(?)bun Kai (东亚同文会) and Taiwan Government-Generalmanaged to expand the influence of Japan by financing Foochow Japanese School.Chapter 4,Japanese Schools in Minnan & the South China Policy.With AmoyEast Asian College (厦门东亚书院) as a case study,this chapter discloses the factthat Taiwan Government-General managed to nurse people in Amoy by collaboratingwith the local esquires in Amoy in the establishment and management of the Japaneseschool,Amoy East Asian College.That Taiwan Government-General managed toexpand Japanese influence in Fujian Province in the name of missionizing the localvia the Higashi Honganji (东本愿寺) and Nishi Honganji (西本愿寺) is alsodiscussed in this chapter.Chapter 5,Schools for Children with Taiwanese of Japanese Nationality& the South China Policy.With Foochow DongYing School (福州东瀛学校) and AmoyXuYing College (厦门旭瀛书院) as case study,this chapter concentrates on theissue of Taiwan Government-General's overspread of Japanese influence in FujianProvince via people with Taiwanese of Japanese Nationality.Taiwan Government-General managed to strengthen Japanese influence in Fujian Province by establishingschools for children with Taiwanese of Japanese Nationality in Foochow and Amoyand admitting Chinese students into those schools in the name of"Amicable RelationsBetween Japan and China".Chapter 6,Conclusion.This chapter aims to summarize the characteristicss ofJapan's overspread in Fujian Province via schooling in modem times and analyze itsimpact as well.