After centuries of international exchange between Japan and China, Japan pulled away from the relationship. What was the reasoni
ng? The Tang Dynasty was drawing to a close, with Chinese people unsettled. China changed her policy toward Japan. Japan had learned all they wanted to learn from their neighbor. War broke out in China.
The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.
