Chinese Japanese And Japanese Differences

Imperialism was the cause of the economy to beginning to boom in numbers in China. China’s sudden wealth made some eastern nations such as Japan and France very curious. These nations believed that if China was to be colonized that it would make it so much easier for them to have trade routes to and from China. Not only is imperialism impacting the economy but also the culture of China. China’s culture began to change when people all over Europe began to move to China. This is what made the culture of China so diverse. Without Imperialism China would not be the nation that it is today.

Before the arrival of western powers, China was very stable, agricultural, and ethnocentric. They had many factories that produced silk, cotton, and porcelain with their natural resources: salt, tin, silver, and iron mines. They had no interest of trade or interaction with foreigners. From the early eighteenth century, European and American Imperialism spread throughout China with a goal to extend their nation’s power. China was one of many territories that undertook the changes of New Imperialism. By 1912, the country was governed by outside nations: Great Britain (mostly), Russia, Germany, France, and Japan. Their influence on China resulted malignantly on the country’s economy, political ties, and lifestyle; in spite of the few

Japan and China had many contrasting responses to western penetration in the nineteenth century, including economic interaction - economically China suffered and Japan prospered, Japanese agricultural productivity increased while China’s did not, and China only accepted a small amount of goods while Japan accepted a wide range of goods- and political interaction - China went to war but Japan did not, Japan adopted western learning styles but China did not, and Japan heavily increased taxes on their people after 1890, while China did not -but had very comparable geographic traits – both had ocean borders – Japan was completely surrounded by water while China was bordered on a large percentage of itself, both kept their ports either fully

Imperialism is when one country dominates the cultural, economic, and political life of a nation weaker than itself. In the 19th century, Europe was the nation that was dominating both China and Africa. There were quite a few similarities in the way that European imperialism was changing these nations. One important similarity was that both the nations had resisted against British imperialism at one point. However, despite the fact that both these events occurred at the same time, by the same nations, there were quite a few differences as well. One of the main differences due to the impact of Imperialism in China

China before the 1800s was very isolated. The West comes in and gains control by selling Opium to the Chinese for tea and silk. This was nowhere fair, eventually, China wanted to ban this trade that led to war. The Royal Navy’s modernized ships versus poor china’s unadvanced ships, I wonder who won. China was forced into the world of modernization. The British came in and reshaped China like it was clay, with no regard to the natives. This eventually leads to some failed rebellions. These past three examples are how western modernization helped or ruined countries, and that it isn't always black and

While most of the Western Hemisphere was undergoing drastic advancements, such as former colonies gaining their independence and transforming into more modernized nations, a lot of mishaps were occurring in the Eastern Hemisphere—China, specifically—a nation that was notorious for its isolation from foreign influences. European nations began to greedily eye China’s abundance of desirable resources, such as tea, porcelain, and silk. However, China had very little need or desire for European goods. In an attempt to resolve the trade imbalance Britain began importing opium into China, which would prove to be disastrous for the Chinese population. The dispute over the importation of the drug eventually led to the

In the early eighteen hundreds, Britain and other European countries demanded more and more Chinese commodities, especially tea and silk. However, only the port in Canton was opened to foreign countries, and Chinese would not take any other form of payments besides silver. The desire to make China into a free market that foreigners have more access to and the increasing, though illegal, European opium import to China eventually created tension between the European countries, especially Britain, and the Chinese government (Allingham Par. 1-2). The two battles fought and won by European powers were known as the Opium Wars. China’s politics, economy, and intellects were both positively and negatively

The age of imperialism was an important part of history, it was during the 19th and 20th centuries. During this time period, European countries were taking over great sections of the world. It wouldn't be long before they started to take over Asia. Some countries such as, India and China, went under European control and influence. While Japan adopted reforms to meet the western challenge. How was it possible that Japan was able to be strong while India and China couldn't?

China experiences the pressure of the imperialist’s military which China did not have the knowledge or the experience to match. China went from a superior leader, self-sufficient country, that thought that everyone else were barbarians to a torn country. China accepted foreign trade, but they wanted to control and limit how much and with who the trade was used for, they felt that they European trade was unnecessary. They did not allow the western merchants to have any power or privileges and restricted them to Canton, plus they refused to open their trade system beyond Co-Hong which caused china to not become as prosperous as Japan. (Valentini 2013) Because China the believed that they were the center of civilization and that the Western culture was inferior the Chinese government refused to go along with any of the European’s request and the two nations became hostile towards

Finally, deeply rooted tensions between Britain and China began to come to the surface as the Chinese attempted to crack down on opium use and trade within its borders.

My first choice is the Opium Wars. Throughout the beginning of major overseas exploration and trade, China had remained with its doors closed to most foreigners. Tobacco was one product that China did buy from Europeans in the seventeenth century (WTWA 4th ed. 588). Not long after, opium was integrated into the cigarettes (notes. Nov. 26). In 1729, China banned the import of Opium, but it continued to circulate in the Chinese society (WTW 4th ed. 588). In the early 19th century, Britain was comfortable with selling drugs to China. This upset the Chinese, so they seized and destroyed one of Britain’s opium shipments. In turn, Britain wanted compensation and a war broke out. This lead to the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, in which the Chinese

Japanese imperialism was uniquely derived during the nineteenth century within the structure of the informal empires of the West in East Asia. Due to Japanese political feudally and economically backwards system, it was a victim to powerful Western Empires such as Russia, Britain and the United States. They had imposed similar legal and commercial disabilities previously in China to serve their imperialistic needs. Japan was officially integrated into the treaty port system by 1860, thus establishing it’s first step towards incorporation into the world economics. The international political environment was crucial in structure Japanese imperialism particularly in two ways. Firstly, treaty privileges in China became Japanese definition of success, hence structuring Japanese responses and international aspirations. Secondly, it raised awareness for an unavoidable setting for action. Historically, Japan would appease and seek satisfaction within the structure of western imperialism. Thereafter, Japanese imperialism reformed internally in response to the demanding international environment.

There is no doubt that Japan was once an empire and an imperialist as well as a colonialist power. James Huffman’s definition of colonialism and imperialism gives a concise account: while imperialism refers to tangible or intangible dominance and colonialism caters more to concrete extra-territories, they are not exclusive to each other. Although not until the acquisition of Taiwan in 1895 was Japan as a formal imperialist/colonial power established, its exertion of power in Hokkaido and Okinawa could be traced as preceding

In this Japan unit I learned that Japan was very much like China. Some reasons that Japan was like these two places were alike was because of their food, philosophies, and etc. One similarity is their abundance of fish, rice, and their writing. Their writing was very similar, and they both ate lots and lots of fish and rice. The Japanese culture was very strict. Although the culture had an emperor to rule them, the emperor was soon taken over, and became only a figurehead. After the emperor was taken over the new rulers were the Shogun and the Daimyo. The shogun were the real rulers of the culture. All daimyo had a ritual suicide called seppuku, that can act as a honorable way to die. For the men, the seppuku begins with a short sword, which

According to Moritz Bonn, “the modern world is the result of colonisation,” and colonisation is generally defined as “the transfer of political, economic, and cultural institutions from one society to another.” During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the world was in chaos. A number of countries from all over the world had colonised other states or had been colonised by others. However, among the states that had escaped from the fate of being colonised, Japan stood out more noticeably as it had become westernised, and turned itself into the only nation in East Asia with a strong and competent military power as other Western countries, such as the U.S., Germany, and British. There are several major factors that contribute to the fact that Japan was not colonised by the Western powers. Firstly, it is primarily related to the success of social and cultural reforms of Japan during the Meiji period. Secondly, it is correlated to the Japan’s completion of westernisation and industrialisation.To begin