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Questions: 1. From 1898 to 1992, America fought 5 wars in Asiain 90 years. Can you name these five wars?
2. What is the Asian perspective of the Americans according to Princeton University Professor Michio Kaku? Explain the alternative view of the Bible-Land switch in the process of colonialism.
3. Explain the relationship between Christianity and colonialism. How was God used to support colonialism in Asia?
4. What was the vision of SenatorAlbert J. Beveridgeregarding East Asia?
5. Why was land reform ignored in the Philippines?
6. What was the legacy of the CIA military strategy in the Philippines? a showcase of American democracy?
7. Why do you think the United States, to be specific, four US presidents, supported Marcos dictatorship despite the public knowledge of his brutal rule?
8. What's the largest export of the Philippines
9. When the Chinese coolies were "shanghaied" to America to work as slaves, what major project did they build for the United States?
10. "America mistook China's destitution for cultural weakness." How did Pearl S. Buck's Good Earthand the US-Japanese animosity help change the American view of Chinese?
11. What was the name of the media leader that lobbied for Chiang Kaishek and his wife in the United States? What did Frank Gibney think him as a true "sentimental imperialists?"
12. John Service, a state department diplomat, was one of a Dixie Mission that was sent to Yan'an to establish a relationship with the communists. How did John Service fare during the McCarthy era?
13. What was the "China lobby" in the United States? How did the U.S. misunderstand China?
14. What was the "domino theory?"
15. What was the "Cultural Revolution?"
16. What were the factors behind Nixon's China visit in 1972?
17. What was the underlying cause for American misperception of Asia?