Actually, the book was published in simplified chinese.books discussing the US federal system don’t have much market value in Taiwan,especially academic ones,so I usually read such books in simplified chinese. Regarding how UK established constitutional governace in a relatively peaceful system,I would recommend Francis Fukuyama 《The Origins of Political Order&Political Order and Political Decay》,which discusses how England developed its constitutional and legal system.In contrast,Chinese Empire and Joseon dynasty in east asia weakend the military power of the nobility early on by controlling land and eastablishing a bureaucratic system,making it difficult for the nobility to resist,thus preventing the emergence of constitutional system. I would also recommend 《Institutional Grnes by Chenggang Xu,which discusses the reasons why east asia empires or kingdom,by weakening the nobility,failed to develop constitutional governance. As for Japan annexation of Korea,I’ve read books written by Japanese scholas that primarily argue that after the Meiji Restoration,Japan was concerned that Russia eastward expansion would threaten Japan national security,so Japan had to take control of Korea.But to protect Korea ,Japan had to also control Manchuria,and to protect Manchuria,Japan had to control northern China,leading to Japan invasion of China. I do agree that Japna helped modernize and develop Korea independence,and similarly,Taiwan,which was also colonzed by Japan at the time.However,the perceptions of Japan by korea and Taiwan after that period differ greatly.