East Asian modern history

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• You must cite each reading at least once in the paper. Either direct quotation or paraphrasing is fine. 
• Compare the Chinese revolution of 1911 with the Meiji Restoration in Japan. Identify one similarity and difference, respectively, and speculate about the reasons for such similarity and difference.
• Be sure to have a coherent and well-conceived structure (introduction, thesis statement, body, conclusion), where you back your main points up with examples from the readings and lectures. 
• The paper should be at least 3 pages long, double-spaced. It should be typed in 12-pt Times New Roman font. Please use a standard citation format, Chicago, MLA, or APA.
• We recommend that you find a concrete question, problem, contradiction or conflict, which you address in your paper. 
• All students are expected to adhere to university codes of academic integrity. All instances of academic misconduct (including Cheating, Plagiarism, and Collusion) will be rigorously investigated and carried forward with the Office of Judicial Affairs. If you quote a person, book, or website and do not indicate so with quotation marks and by citing your source & page numbers, that is considered plagiarism.