Abstract
As was described in the previous chapter, upon graduating from Nankai Middle School in Tianjin, Zhou Enlai decided to go to study in Japan. Japan was by far the most popular country for Chinese, in which to study abroad at that time, more so than Europe and the United States. In fact, before Zhou, countless Chinese political and military leaders, revolutionaries, as well as prominent scholars and writers, had studied in Japan. For instance, six out of the 12 founding members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) had studied in Japan—Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Li Da, Dong Biwu, Li Hanjun, and Zhou Fohai.1 This chapter examines the history of Chinese studying in Japan as a background for Zhou’s decision to go to Japan to study.
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Mizuma Masanori, Imakoso Nihonjin ga shitteokubeki “rōyodo mondai” no shinjitsu (Truth about the “Territorial Issues” that Japanese Must Know Now), e-book, Tokyo: PHP kenkyūjo, February 8, 2011, 85.
For details, see Yukie Yoshikawa, Japan’s Asianism, 1868–1945: Dilemmas of Japanese Modernization, Asia-Pacific Policy Papers Series, No. 8, Washington, DC: Johns Honkins University—SAIS 2009.
For details, see Richard J. Samuels, “Rich Nation, Strong Army”: National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. Dongqing-tielu generally translated as “Chinese Eastern Railway,” but “East China Railway” is a more correct translation.
Sanetō Keishū, Chūgokujin Nihon ryūgakushi-kō (Manuscript of the History of Chinese Studying in Japan), edited by Ogawa Hiroshi, Tokyo: Fuji-shuppan, 1993, 49–50.
Ibid., 34–35; Wang Yongxiang and Takahashi Tsuyoshi, eds., Riben liuxueshiqi de Zhou Enlai (Zhou Enlai During his Study Period in Japan), Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian-chubanshe, 2001, 35–37.
Chae-jin Lee, Zhou Enlai: The Early Years, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994, 69–70 and 76–77; Sanetō, 120.
Kai-yu Hsu, Chou En-lai: China’s Gray Eminence, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968, 17, 236n5, and 267.
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Itoh, M. (2016). Decision to Study in Japan. In: The Origins of Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137566164_3
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