At the turn of China's late Qing and early Republic periods Japanese “militarists”caused the“commemoration of three jia's”in the history of Sino-Japanese relations.The Chinese-Japanese War of 1894(jia wu)signified the beginning of Japan's process of “departure from Asia”,and its position of “joining Europe”was consolidated owing to the War of 1904(jia chen).During and after the War of 1914(jia yin)Japan's policy toward China and its state goal had a new turn.Afterwards,it moved from its“departure from Asia ...