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The year 1971 was one in which the most extensive changes occurred in postwar diplomatic history. The East-West confrontation, the basic framework of international politics that has been maintained for over a quarter of a century after the war, was transfigured at least outwardly, and concrete steps were taken toward the construction of a new international order. Changes occurred not only in the arena of international politics but also in the international economy. The world economic order which has been consistently maintained in the postwar years was more than a little disrupted. Naturally, Japan could not escape the effects of these changes in both the political and economic arenas.
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Answer: First Sino-Japanese War, conflict between Japan and China in 1894–95 that marked the emergence of Japan as a major world power and demonstrated the weakness of the Chinese empire. The war grew out of conflict between the two countries for supremacy in Korea.
The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In the address, Bryan supported bimetallism or "free silver", which he believed would bring the nation prosperity.