Imperialism In 1800

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

China CCOT Essay Rough Draft From 1600 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E., many changes, as well as continuities, can be observed in the political and social institutions of the Chinese dynasties. Two changes that were significant during these times were the role of merchants and the civil service exam components and specifications. Two continuities that can be observed are the idea of a centralized government as well as women’s inferiority to men.

China has changed in certain ways and remained the same in others from the early Golden Ages to the late 1900s. China has experienced a series of cultural and political transformations, shaping the lives of many Chinese citizens. Culturally, the country’s art and literature hardly changed for almost eight hundred years. Along with their culture, China remained politically the same from the beginning of the Golden Ages all the way until the 1800s. On the other hand, China’s government and society were restructured after new leaders took over. From a monarch to total communism, China’s society had a multitude of new ideas and policies they had to adapt to.

In 1984 the Sino-Japanese war happened. This war has significant influence for Chinese government, because this is the first time China were defeated by a non-western power, and Japan was consider as a weak “tiny” neighbor of China. China and the entire world was shocked by losing Sino-Japanese War. Losing Sino-Japanese War is a symbol that Qing Dynasty is going to perished, and the way that China lose is worth to study. Even though the westernization movement did not operated so well, but it still modernize and improve the Chinese military power. Especially Chinese marine has lots of modern warship and weapon, and China has more soldier than Japan. It is fair to say that China has enough army to fight with Japan. But, why Japanese win the Sino-Japanese War? Firstly, Chinese government did not realized that Japan dare to fight with China, so they did not prepare well. Secondly, Chinese government try to stop the war by diplomacy, they trying ask western countries for help, but, at the moment the western countries were stand for Japan. Last and most importantly, the old feudalism and bureaucracy made Chinese army lose the war. The commander of Chinese marine Li Hongzhang, who is also the leader of “westernization” party in the government. Because he is the commander of the marine, so he has authority in Qing government. He does not wants to fight with Japanese army, because if he lose his marine, he will also lose the

With the conclusion of the Arrow War (1860), China realized that her position was challenged by new forces from the West. Her supreme power was shattered, her material resources were limited and her territories were exposed to foreign aggression. Moreover, China at the same time suffered from government disintegration, financial chaos, corruption, natural disasters and peasant revolts. Some conscientious officials came to realize immediate measures had to be taken to strengthen the country and to adjust her to the modern world. Therefore a series of reform movements were carried out for the sake of internal re-construction and national defense.

The nineteenth century was a turbulent time of western imperialism and a major Asian power shift. European powers and the United States had a destabilizing effect on the region and the choices Japan and China made in response their imposing expansion was a major contributor to the trajectory of their respective futures. Social factors, such as the differences in national and religious unity, also played a role in the how the two nations emerged from the Age of Imperialism.

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

China and Japan had similar but different experiences with the Western civilization. China and Japan reacted differently to the Western nations and it was China’s reactions to the West that would break the Chinese’s isolation leaving their traditions behind. The Industrial trade in Europe and the United States had created a gap between Asia and the West, This left china and Japan far behind technologically and they were not able to stand up against the western nations and although at different times China and Japan both ended up having to sign unequal treaties, and to open their ports for merchants.

explained, in part, by the historical and political evolution of China as it emerged from

In confronting western imperialism, China and Japan took two different approaches. China had become more dependent on Western economics when Japan did not. Many Western military forces occupied some of China’s territory during this time, the Western Military did not move in on Japan’s territory. China and Japan were forced by Western powers to sign unequal treaties and capitulations, but Japan eventually renegotiated its treaties in its favor. China and Japan both launched modernization programs, but Japan’s industrialization was more thorough and successful than those of China. China developed several strategies in an attempt to deal with its ongoing problems. They developed self-strengthening programs in an effort to renew itself. They highlighted

China has had a long and rich history that is not devoid of its fair share of revolutions and political upheavals. It is these changes that have increasingly shaped the country into becoming one of the major economic powers of the current decade. This has also given the country a greater standing when considering the political influence that the country now enjoys in the global environment. One may consider the period that span three decades from 1890 as having the greatest impact in the trajectory that modern day has taken in the past and is going to take in the future. This period saw a number of very significant changes both in ideology and belief that provided china with the opportunity to take a new direction. One that was separate

The Russo-Japanese war boosted Japanese moral and nationalism across Asia. The Japanese Military’s nationalism greatly increased(History Extra) with each victory. For the first time in modern history, an Asian country defeated Europeans. This Highly contrasted with prior European Asian conflicts. Prior to Japan’s victories over Russia, China had its military completely destroyed during the Opium Wars, which lasted 1839-1842, and 1856-1860(World History Patterns of Interaction). By beating the mighty Russians on fair terms, nationalism among the Japanese military skyrocketed. During the Russo-Japanese war, Japan also established the “Dai Nippon Teikoku” - Japanese Empire(Britannica). Since the Military was deeply integrated into politics(Krabs, Gerhard), this furthered Nationalism among both the Army and Navy. By becoming an Empire, Japan was now exhibiting influence over other territories. In the case of the Russo-Japan War, Japan extended its influence to

In the early 19th century China was in large part of Japans history. China was looked at by Japan, as a great power and Japan wanted the power. The West was part of Japans history also. Japan wanted to be a great power similar to the Western countries. Japan wanted people in their countries to stay away from all Western countries. They did not the influence of other countries to change what Japan had in support from country members.

In 200 BCE, Classical China was thriving with new ideas and achievements. More specifically, Han China arose after defeating the Qin Dynasty in 202 BCE when they came to a fall. The Silk Road was built which allowed land ownership to expand to Central Asia, Korea, and Indochina during this peace period of China. Also, irrigation systems, civil service exams, and a patriarchal society were developed and set into place. However, slowly over 200 years, the dynasty started to crumble into pieces for a plethora of reasons. Furthermore, wars started to break out in order to gain control and power. Trade routes slowed down and invaders broke into the wealthy peace land. These issues led to a world of social unrest, especially in the growing and prospering Han China dynasty. The collapse of Han China was due to other Germanic tribes pressuring into the capital, a rapid decrease in population from rising disease, and heavy taxes from the government among the falling People of Han.

China Communist Party was able to achieve victory over its nemesis the Nationalist Party that turned China over to the communist bloc. The capitalist’s states were very concern about this because it believes China would spread communism all over Asia. The solution to this problem for them is Japan. Japan was what the United States called a big success of capitalist system in Asia that could rival China. As China military continue to grow and United States’ propaganda that label communists countries as evil; Japan was given the impression that Communist China would threaten its states, this led to Japan allowing United States to set up military bases in its territory and sent a lot of warships around its water. This reliance had made Japan feels safe and weak in term of military power. Until recently United State involvement with the Middle-East and China sea power denial made the United States withdrew troops from East Asia (Leaf, 2014). Japan feels vulnerable, and for the first time since World War II, broke its pacifism and starts to modernize its military. China claimed that Japan had violated its pacifist constitution and China military modernization had nothing to do with Japan (McCurry,