Original sentence: Eventually, Russia agreed to offer a diplomatic solution (See Kwantung Leased Territory) to the Chinese Empire, and agreed to a lease to save face, instead of annexing Manchuria outright.In time the once peaceful and mercantile Japan would become transformed by its mimicking of the Western powers.This new exploitation of weak nations following immediately after her humiliation at the hands of the European powers is regarded by many Japanese historians as being a crucial historic turning point in Japanese foreign affairs - from this point on, the nationalist, expansionist, and militant elements began to join ranks and steer Japan from a foreign policy based mainly on economic hegemony toward outright imperialism.Within months after Japan re-ceded the Liaodong peninsula, Russian construction on the peninsula and a railway to Harbin from Port Arthur commenced, despite a protesting China.Within two years, Germany, France, and Great Britain had similarly took advantage of the economic and political opportunities in this area, and Japan took note
Edited sentence: Eventually, Russia agreed to offer a 'diplomatic figleaf' (See Kwantung Leased Territory) to the now naked and defenseless Chinese Empire, and agreed to a lease to save face, instead of outright annexation.In time the once peaceful and mercantile Japan, transformed by mimicking the high handed greedy Western powers in the coming decades — in one of history's more delicious ironies — would adopt chavanism as well, and eclipse its teachers in applied Imperialism and cultural disdain to the torment and tragedy of her prisoners and subjegated peoples in the next four decades.This new exploitation of weak nations following immediately after her humiliation at the hands of the European powers is regarded by many Japanese historians as being a crucial historic turning point in Japanese foreign affairs — from this point on, the nationalist, expansionist, and militant elements began to join ranks and steer Japan from a foreign policy based mainly on economic hegemony toward outright imperialism.Within months after Japan receded the Liaodong, Russian intentions were laid bare as construction on the peninsula and a railway to Harbin from Port Arthur commenced despite a protesting China.Within two years, Germany, France, and Great Britain had similarly exploited the Quing, and Japan took note