China was always a large country comparable in size to the U.S. It has vast differences in topography and climate. It has always suffered from natural disasters like flood and famine as well as earthquakes. The Yellow and Yang s Rivers define the land. These Rivers have often flooded causing untold misery. Japan also suffers from natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. Japan is a smaller land being smaller than California. It consists of 4 main islands with a limited area that can be farmed. Japan is made up of rivers and mountains. So the Japanese have been more prone to colonies other countries, like their expedition in Korea in the 17th century. The fact that they are an island people encourages them to look to the sea. Most of their diet is made up of fish and shellfish. And their land is suited for the cultivation of rice and tea. Also because they are separated from the mainland of Asia by the treacherous Sea of Japan their country was easier to defend. This was a very different situation from China which was always open to foreign invasion. It was inevitable that Japan would one day become a naval power especially since Japan had few natural resources. I hope this will help you
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Japan = Britain China = France + Russia Yes...I know it isnt a good way to describe Chinese and Japanese culture since they have many unique factors of their own...but basically, quotes above are quite useful to understand those two asian countries
China is an extremely huge area of land, but with a strong cultural nationalistic feeling. Thus China was mainly ruled with extremely centralized empires with emperors and little peasant political action. Japan can be said to be the opposite. The Japanese are very warlike in nature (at least in history) and the mountainous terrain encouraged individual shogunates to take power much like landlords in European feudalism. These are some basic ideas, I m no Asia expert.
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