Author(s)

Mei Han

School of Foreign Languages, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

In the 17th century, European countries gradually ushered in the dawn of modern enlightenment. Western countries desperately developed navigation and foreign trade and carried out colonial expansion. However, at this time, the feudal rulers of China and Japan in East Asia secluded the country from the outside world. As a result, it has brought serious obstacles to the development of politics, economy and culture. With the arrival of Western powers, China and Japan showed different attitudes towards the forced founding of the country.

Foreign Policy, China, Japan, Shogunate Era

Han, M. (2021) Differences between China and Japan from the Changes of Foreign Policy at the End of the Shogunate Era. Open Access Library Journal, 8, 1-5. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1107874.