The views of Yoshino Sakuzo regarding China after World War I

Comparing with Wang Zhengting

Abstract

Yoshino Sakuzo is not only the most important leading thinker in Taisyo Democracy, but also well known as a specialist on Sino-Japan relationship, who wrote many about China from Xinhai Revolution to the Manchurian Incident. This paper will discuss the views of Yoshino Sakuzo regarding China, especially Japan's interests in China during the Paris Peace Conference, the Washington Conference, and the nationalist revolution. Besides, to make clear the significance of Yoshino's views regarding China in the history of Sino-Japan relationship this paper will also compare Yoshino's opinions about Sino-Japan relationship before the Manchurian Incident with Wang Zhengting's, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in China.