@article{ART001678255},
author={Lee, Dongjin},
title={TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism},
journal={Journal of Manchurian Studies},
issn={1738-3668},
year={2012},
number={13},
pages={7-52},
doi={10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Dongjin
TI - TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism
JO - Journal of Manchurian Studies
PY - 2012
VL - null
IS - 13
PB - The Manchurian Studies Association
SP - 7
EP - 52
SN - 1738-3668
AB - Manchuriaoftheearly20thcenturywastheBalkanPeninsulaoftheEast Asia.TakingadvantageoftheweakenedChina,Russiathecontinentalpower andJapanthemaritimeforcecameintoconflictoverManchuria.Sincethe Russo-JapaneseWar,thetwocountrieshaddividedtheirdominanceintheregionbysouthandnorth,andblockedtheinterventionoftheUnitedStates.
Thissituation,however,changedwhentheRussianRevolutionweakenedthe controlofRussiaovertheterritory,increasingtheinfluenceoftheU.S.instead,andtherisingnationalismamongtheChinesethreatenedthevestedrightsofthe Japanese.AsthecentralChinesegovernment,havingsucceededinthe‘North Extension(orUnification),’triedtoextenditspowertoManchuria,Japanstaged the‘Manchurianincident’andsetup‘Manchuguo.’Japaneseoccupationofthe regionresultedintherisingstatusfortheKoreanslivingthere,whohadbeen harshlytreatedbytheChinesegovernmentontheaccountthattheywerethe toolsofJapanandRussia.FortheKoreansweretheJapaneseunderthelaw.
SincetheJapanesedidnotrecognizetheKorean’srenunciationofnationality,theycouldstillconsiderthoseKoreanswhohadacquiredChinesenationalityas Japanese.ThismadetheKoreansseen,totheeyesoftheChinese,astheadvanceguardortoolsoftheJapan’sinvasionofManchuria;thiswas‘theproblem oftheKoreans.’Thisproblem twistedwiththeemergenceofManchuguo;theproblem was solvedasfortheKoreans,buttheChinesecouldnotacceptit.Legallyspeaking,Manchuguowasastatenotacolony,hencetheChineseasitspeoplecou hardlyembracethefactthattheywereputintheinferiorstatustotheKoreans whowereundertheJapanesecolonialrule.Thiscausedconflictsoverthestatus oftheKoreansinManchuriabetweentheGwandongArmyandtheJapanese Government-generalofKorea.Yet,astheKoreansofManchuguolikethosein theKoreaPeninsulahadbecomethesubjectofthedraft,theywerelessregulatedbythe‘onenessofManchuriaandJapan’orthe‘onenessofManchuria andKorea’policies(Nationalharmony)thanthe‘onenessofKoreaandJapan’policy.Asaresult,theKoreansintheregioncouldenjoythestatussimilarto thatoftheJapanese(‘thesecond-classcitizen’or‘thesecondJapanese’).This showsthatthekoreandiasporainManchuriaincluded‘colonial’elementas‘the problem oftheKoreans’wasinfluencedbythegeopoliticalfactorofManchuria (‘theproblem ofManchuria’).
KW - theproblem ofManhuria;theproblem oftheKoreans;Manchuguo;theKoreans;Nationalharmony;OnenessofKoreaandJapan;doublecolonization
DO - 10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
ER -
Lee, Dongjin. (2012). TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism. Journal of Manchurian Studies, 13, 7-52.
Lee, Dongjin. 2012, "TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism", Journal of Manchurian Studies, no.13, pp.7-52. Available from: doi:10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
Lee, Dongjin "TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism" Journal of Manchurian Studies 13 pp.7-52 (2012) : 7.
Lee, Dongjin. TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism. 2012; 13 : 7-52. Available from: doi:10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
Lee, Dongjin. "TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism" Journal of Manchurian Studies no.13(2012) : 7-52.doi: 10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
Lee, Dongjin. TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism. Journal of Manchurian Studies, 13, 7-52. doi: 10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
Lee, Dongjin. TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism. Journal of Manchurian Studies. 2012; 13 7-52. doi: 10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
Lee, Dongjin. TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism. 2012; 13 : 7-52. Available from: doi:10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7
Lee, Dongjin. "TheKoreansinManchuguo: BetweenDiasporaandColonilalism" Journal of Manchurian Studies no.13(2012) : 7-52.doi: 10.22888/mcsa..13.201206.7