China During The Early 20th Century

In the 19th Century British planned to invade China for economic reasons. It had no motives to conquer the state rather entice it to accept a free trade. The country was rich in tea which was in high demand not only in Britain but all over the world. China also had porcelain and silk which the Britons envied. The intruders did not have enough silver to buy the commodities thus opted for a barter system. Consequently, a war between the two states occurred. It was fought between 1848 and 1852 with China becoming unsuccessful due advanced military competence of Britons. The signing of an agreement between them then followed, and British was additionally awarded extraterritorial rights by China. However, the imperialism in China was a positive thing to the natives because it introduced trade and much education in the region which opened up opportunities.

China is the only country currently in its “Golden Age” in my opinion & here’s why. China has diverse languages and dialects and local cultural inequalities, which make it even more overwhelming to obtain first-hand knowledge of China’s market. Everyone wants to be an American but why when China is beating the USA on the global economic stage. China is the world's most populated country and it shows because, China currently has the world's fastest-growing economy. Only 3.3% of China’s total population are unemployed. China is one of the biggest communist countries of all time, and that's what makes them successful. Mao Zedong became China’s leader in 1949 and helped name China the People's Republic. This is when China became a communist country and started being ruled by the Communist Party of China. China city of Hong Kong is the second smartest city in the world and is continuously growing. When we go shopping for Clothes, Toys or even dishes you are

The Europeans who dreamt of conquering Asia were under the impression that Asia was a blank slate, isolated with no history and traditions. However, that is their misconception for Asia from 500-1500 CE “was a vast world of contrast… [and] bewildering variety” thriving with many empires, capital cities, religions, and cultures (Gordon, 177). Because of this, Asia then can be classified as a compilation of many key eras such as the Medieval Age in China and the Golden Age. Such prosperous times for Asian states and empires are to be accredited to the notable networking in Asia at this time period. People who utilized the establishment of fundamental institutions such as the religions of Islam and Buddhism and various modes of trading and traveling were able to facilitate the diffusion of ideas and cultures therefore indirectly contributing to the overall connection of Asian states and empires during 500-1500 CE.

Tracing back the history of China, Xia Dynasty of the second millennium BCE was the earliest dynasty in China, which was centered along the Yellow River. Before China was unified, it was the time during which most of China's cultural tradition arose. Chinese civilization ascended and developed in a vast area, one-third larger than the United States if such dependencies as Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, and Tibet are included. For centuries China was almost completely isolated from the other centers of civilization by mountains, deserts, and seas. This isolation helps explain the great originality of China's culture. China has many mountain ranges and three river systems that rise close together on the high Tibetan plateau and flow eastward to

After The Boxer Rebellion, many aspects of Chinese society changed. The rebellion ended with the signing of The Boxer Protocol, on September 7 1901. In the agreement, forts and walls protecting Beijing were to be destroyed. Also Chinese government officials that supported the uprising were to be punished. China was to stop importing arms for two years and was forced to pay more than 330 million in reparations to foreign nations involved.

1. Why are the centuries of the Tang and song dynasties in China sometimes referred to as a “golden age”?

As soon as Chinese found out about the policy they were not happy but, as the biggest trade operator in the world we had to show them who had the power by defeating them in war. “The outcome of the Boxer Rebellion is in a short term the United States and the other imperial powers won and beat back the Boxers and massacred a number of the Boxers” (Plante). Imperial powers have more access to a higher military power versus the trained martial art boxers. America should've gotten involved because if we didn't the Chinese would continue to hurt innocent people and much

The humiliation caused by the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 stirred up nationalism in China as well as resentment against European-powers. It was believed that the Europeans were driving China’s domestic and foreign policy and that is was important to reclaim China for the Chinese to return to Confucian values. In 1898, the situation escalated when a group called the “Boxers” (officially “Righteous Harmony Fists”) began a rebellion in north China in the Shantung Province. In this province, Germans dominated the rail lines, factories and coal mines

During the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), China had tried to fight hard to resist the foreigners, but had lost, due to its lack of modernized technology. In the year of 1900, the Boxer rebellion had surfaced. During this time the Boxer movement had shifted to Beijing, where they killed millions of Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries, as well as destroying churches and railroad stations. During this time America had feared that the Boxers would apprehend Beijing, and the US would lose all access to their resources. This idea had been drafted by the current Secretary of State at the time, John Hay. Hay and his team concluded that America’s interests; economic, strategic, and cultural, were best served in the preservation of the Chinese Empire. This led to the US’s involvement in the Boxer Rebellion. While we did not send troops to help fight in the war, we did voice our disapproval of any crimes against the Chinese

Europeans maintained extraterritoriality inside many of Chinese port cities. Extraterritoriality meant that foreigners were exempt from Chinese law enforcement and on Chinese land; they could only be judged and tried by officials of their own nation. This kept them in power because people of their nations would let them get away with anything with no repercussions. The result of lawlessness of the Europeans combined with European economic, political, and military domination of the Chinese wreaked havoc on the Chinese. In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion saw that sentiment explode into social unrest and war. With encouragement from the Chinese empress, the Boxers killed multiple Europeans and seized the large foreign legation in cities such as Beijing. If Europe would have just learned to work with China this could all have been avoided. China could have controlled their major port cities, while Europe just makes demands on what they would like to have done. Also, China should have been allowed to enforce their laws on foreigners considering it is their

After the Japanese defeated the Chinese in 1895, drought and famine made it a struggle for the Chinese. They created an organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious fist, or boxers who made it their mission to defeat anyone who they thought caused their misery. Eight colonial powers put down the boxer up rising and required the Chinese to pay a huge amount in addition to forcing a wider foreign military occupation

China back then lasts for a thousand of years and throughout the process the economy experienced prosperity and decline. China is considered as the most advanced and biggest economies in the world. China’s history is divided into three periods. These are the pre-imperial era that exists before unification of Qin dynasty. Another is the early imperial era that lasts from 221 BCE to 960 CE during the Qin to Song dynasty. Lastly is the late imperial era that marked the revolution of the china’s economy during the Song

The 19th century had sparked a time period of bloody revolution, social and political reform, and both economic and financial problems for China. Though the cause of many of these problems could be rooted to internal conflict, foreign influence on Chinese ways proved to be disastrous. During the early 19th century the population was growing, the economy seemed stable and generally people seemed content with China’s economic progress. However these feelings of success would soon end as overpopulation would cause widespread poverty and famine. At that point in time China’s rulers had been Manchu; the Qing dynasty had been in rule but even its

The Chinese Communist Revolution succeeded to dispose of capitalism and imperialism. The Communists and the Nationalists started their fight in the 1920s; however, Japanese invasions forced the two sides to formulate a temporary truce to battle off the Japanese at the time of World War Two. During the war, the Nationalist Army started to fade and weaken while the Communists grew and prospered because strong guerilla tactics helped the Communists dominate against the opposition (Schaff, 2009). At the time, China was managed by European countries who took no action against the Japanese occupation, and so, China economically began collapsing. Zedong used the war to his advantage as an opportunity to see how strong his reign over the army was. Ultimately, Chairman Mao Zedong led the Communist Party to victory over the Nationalists to form the People’s Republic of China (Young, 2001). Social and economic ailments and the unfair treatment of peasants gave rise to the communist revolution in China, which resulted in the destruction of the economy and a tilt to the balance of authority between the Western powers and Communists.

China has rebuilt itself from having an unstable economy, a collapsed government followed by a few turbulent years of corruption and political instability to having the world’s largest population, state-of-the-art technological advances, an incredibly growing economy and several influential leaders. The country has been credited for many inventions indispensable today such as paper, the compass, mechanical clocks, and gunpowder among others and always thought to be ahead of its time technologically. The Chinese government continues to place emphasis on innovation by allowing its people to do research on various subjects such as stem-cell research and gene therapy; these are widely controversial in other