Question

WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON GO EAST MOVEMENT

Answer 1

Go East Movement: In the first decade of the twentieth century a ‘go east movement’ became popular in Vietnam. Early Vietnamese nationalists had a close relationship with Japan and China. They provided models for those looking to change, a refuge for those who were escaping French police, and a location where a wider Asian network of revolutionaries could be established. In 1907-08 some 300 Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire modern education. These nationalists looked for foreign arms and help. They appealed to the Japanese as fellow Asians. Japan had modernised itself and had resisted colonisation by the West. Besides, its victory over Russia in 1907 proved its military capabilities. Vietnamese students established a branch of the Restoration Society in Tokyo but after 1908, the Japanese Ministry of Interior clamped down on them.