The Study Of The Influence Of The East Asian Common-culture Academy In Japan's Invasion History Of China

Japan's East Asian Common-culture Academy which set up in Shanghai, China, lasted for 46 years, raised a large number of talented people that engaged in the domain of Sino-Japanese economy, trade, culture, education, diplomacy and so on, and retained a large amount of very valuable historical data, which played a important role in the Sino-Japan cultural exchange. But, the existence time of the East Asian Common-culture Academy, is precisely the time which the Japanese invasion of China step intensified, together with the College's semi-official status, its role is not entirely the meaning of educational institutions, but more services in Japan's invasion of China. The academy's every year big travel activity, is one link in name in teaching links, but on actual the survey result formally will assume through the report of investigation for the Japanese government, provides the first material for its formulation invasion of China policy. Thus, the East Asian Common-culture Academy becomes the Japanese militarism launch aggressive war against China's accomplice. This article through to the East Asian Common-culture Academy big travel's analysis, discussed the East Asian Common-culture Academy to have what kind of influence specifically in the history of the Japan's invasion to China.The first part, the establishment of East Asian Common-culture Academy .This part mainly introduced the historical perspective and development process of the establishment of the East Asian Common-culture Academy. After Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the"promotion Asia theory"in Japan domestic had gain ground, the East Asian Common-culture Academy which took"preservation China" as its basic concept established along with it. In all of East Asia Common-culture Association's enterprise in China, the East Asian Common-culture Academy played the biggest role, had the broadest effect, was regarded as"the dream school"by the Japanese students. But looking from its predecessor, school goal, the relations with government and graduate whereabouts, East Asian Common-culture Academy is a school that had the purpose of raising aggression persons to China , gather information , and had the nature of invasion to China.The second part, the Great Travel of East Asian Common-culture Academy.The most proud outcome of the East Asian Common-culture Academy is the Great Travel and the investigation achievement it got. During 40 years of its Existing time, more than 5000 students participated in the investigating successively in China, traveled more than 700 lines, spreaded all of China's provinces besides Tibet. Even set foot in South-East Asia and Siberia. The broad of its field of investigation and thin degree, made one praise to the heavens. After the travel investigation , the investigation report submitted in five copies , three of which assumed to the Japanese government.. Moreover, the travel diary and the book in circulation which compiled according to the investigation material, is also used by various Japanese organizations. Because the East Asian Common-culture Academy had its own characteristic, so of the intelligence agencies densely covered China like spider-web, only the East Asian Common-culture Academy can initiated large-scale, comprehensive survey, and was able to stay its way out.The third part, the influence of the Great Travel in Japan's invasion history to China.When the Japanese government formulated the policy toward China, it fully used the submission report of East Asian Common-culture Academy. In the military aspect, the academy students use the Great Travel to investigate the geography, the armament condition of each city of China, and draw map along the road, provided the strategic basis for the Japanese military war. In addition, the Japanese government also appointed the students to make the investigation of specific items. In the economic aspect, the investigation report that the academy submitted enabled the Japanese government to have the thorough understanding of the product, financial circumstance, business custom and so on of much region of China, provides the basis for it to plundered the Chinese resources and export the capital to China. In the political aspect, in the process of Great Travel, the academy students went down to every corner of China, investigated each national minority's habits and customs, the religious belief and so on, provide d the information for Japan's racial segregation and local independent of China. In the public opinion aspect, through the student's travel, the East Asian Common-culture Academy disseminated the thought of invasion China. And it published the " Great Travel study", promoted the"theory of invasion China".The article elaborated the significance of the study of East Asian Common-culture Academy finally, obtained the conclusion that when deal with the international relations now we should have the cautious attitude. But because the time and the material are limited, this article also paused to the East Asian Common-culture Academy's discussion in the one-sided condition. The influence of the East Asian Common-culture Academy need more comprehensive and more thorough research.