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War and despotism have marred Asia's Century, but a prouder accom-plishment has ultimately defined
it: the birth of nationhood.


From the clutches
of colonialism sprang nearly 20 Asian countries, each with its own pivotal historic


  Milestones of the Asian Century(1920-1939)
亚洲世纪里程碑 (1920-1939)

 

 



☆1923 The Great Kanto Earthquake claims 140,000 lives

1923年,关西大地震夺去14万人的生命
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☆1925 Voting rights for men guaranteed in Japan

1925年,日本男士选举权确立
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☆1928 The Peninsula hotel opens in Hong Kong

1928年,香港半岛饭店开始营业
moments, from the rise of home grown icons to the
cleaving of
still-fraile   states
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☆1931 Japan invades Manchuria

1931年,日本入侵中国满洲
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☆1932 Bloodless revolution ends absolute monarchy in Thailand

1932年,不流血运动结束泰国的专制君主制度

 

 

 




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☆1935 Long March ends, after a year and 9,660 km

1935年,历时一年的二万五千里长征结束
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☆1937 Rape of Nanjing

1937年,中国南京大屠杀