Explain One Thing That Japan Borroweded From China

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“Japan borrowed from China, but only selectively.” They borrowed some items and didn’t others because of what they needed at the time. Japan only borrowed selectively because it wanted to change only certain parts of its society. The people of the country did not want China to influence Japan for the worse. One thing that Japan borrowed from China is the writing system. When it says selectively it is because Japan took China’s writing system and instead of changing the language they spoke they adapted the Chinese writing system to make it theirs. Japan borrowed the writing system because they did not have a writing system of their own. The reason that Japan needed borrow ideas and systems is because Japan is an island and therefore isolated

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