&gt; All of the western political ideology (Colonialism, Communism, Fascism, Democracy) that came to Korea (and China) came by way of Japan.<p>Erm... Westerners were present in China way before they even came to Japan - you seem to forget Japan has an isolationism policy for several hundred years that explicitly restricted foreign influence until the late 1800s.<p>If anything, China was way more exposed to any Western culture before the ships of Perry even sailed to Japan. British occupation of HK was from 1841.<p>And let&#x27;s not forget Singapore, with Raffles as early as the early 1800s.<p>But yeah, &quot;everything went through Japan&quot; ?