How were Vietnamese nationalists inspired by Japan and China to set up democratic republic? Explain with examples.
- ABOUT 300 Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire modern education in 1907-08.
- Their primary objective was to drive out the French from Vietnam, overthrow the puppet emperor and re-establish the Nguyen dynasty that had been deposed by the French.
- They looked for foreign arms and help.
- They appealed to the Japanese as fellow Asians.
- Developments in China also inspired Vietnamese nationalists. In 1911, the long established monarchy in China was overthrown by a popular movement under Sun Yat-Sen, and a republic was set up.
- Inspired by these developments,-Vietnamese students organised the Association for the Restoration of Vietnam (Viet-Nam Quan Phuc Hoi).