Assignment:
1. Who was Lu Xun? What prompted Lu Xun (like other Chinese intellectuals) to go to Japan?
2. What were Lu Xun's most famous works that satirizes ugly nature of Chinese citizens?
3. It may be strange but why was destruction equated hope in then China?
4. What were Chinese problems in Lu Xun's eyes? Can you list a few of the issues.
5. What were Japan's problems that prompted the country to invade China?
6. Who was Kita Ikki?
7. How did the Great Depression affect Japan?
8. What was the irony of Lu Xun's life?
9. How did the Japanese government react to the American-made Constitution?
10. What was the status of women in Pre-war Japan?
11. How did the land reforms and labor union reforms liberalize the Japanese society?
12. Why the reformist policies were reversed course in 1948?
13. Mentors generally like their protégé to be like them. Joseph Dodge was given the authority to fix Japan's economy. What were the problems that Dodge's policy brought about?
14. By the end of the occupation, "Japan has changed so much and so little." It allows the U.S. and Japan to maintain their favorite myth. What is each nation's favorite myth? What has been changed in Japan and what has not?
15. U.S. Self-interest has left many problems. Can you name some of the problems?