Japan's Colonialism and Wang Jingwei's Neo-Nationalism, 1938–1945

After Japan pragmatized militarism and formed a modernized nation-state in the latter nineteenth century, it extended that same methodology to its East Asian neighbor, China, from 1938 to 1945. This is an intellectual history that comparatively analyzes rhetorical, political, and military exchange between Japan and China. Furthermore, it is a reinterpretation of Pan-Asian exchange during World War Two that utilizes a transnational lens. The Japanese nation formed within a military culture, constant civil war, centered around a martial class. Japanese nationalism juxtaposed that of China, which experienced external threats, consisted of various ethnic groups.