Question

please explain go east movement. ( indo China class 10)

Answer 1

Go East Movement referred to Vietnamese Nationalist that were sent to Japan for acquiring modern education:-

1. In 1907-08, some Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire modern education.
2.Their primary objective was to drive out the French from Vietnam , overthrow the puppet emperor and reestablishing the Nguyen dynasty that had been deposed by the French.
3. These nationalists looked for foreign arms and help.
4. They appealed to Japan as fellow Asians. It may be mentioned that Japan has modernised itself and had resisted colonisation by the west. It had defeated Russia in 1907 and proved its military capabilities.
5. Vietnamese students established a branch of Restoration society in Tokyo but after 1908, the Japanese ministry of interior clamped down on them. Many including Phan Boi Chau were deported and forced to seek exile in China and Thailand.

Answer 2

Go east movement is the movement organised by Vietnamese nationalists to encourage students to move to eastern like parts of world Like Japan and receive good quality of education which is modernized.

This movement was lead by the leader of the Vietnamese nationalist party Phan Boi Chau in the year 1907 - 1908.

The main motto of this movement to get rid of French from Vietnam.