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Summary Of Fukugawa's On Throwing Off Asia

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Korea and make sure western powers like Russia and The United States did not invade. Fukugawa stated in “On Throwing Off Asia”, “We must not wait for neighbouring countries to become civilized so that we can together promote Asia’s revival. Rather we should leave their ranks and join forces with the civilized countries of the west. We don’t have to give China and Korea any special treatment just because they are neighbouring countries. We should deal with them as western people do. Those who have bad friends cannot avoid having a bad reputation. I reject the idea that we must continue to associate with bad friends in East Asia.”2
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