Chinese Response To Western Penetration In The 19th Century

Compare and contrast the responses to Western Penetration in China and Japan in the 19th century. contrastments or differences:

There are similarities and differences between the responses of Western penetration within China and Japan in the 19th century. The similarities of the responses of western penetration were how they were once isolationists but the westerners in Europe and the United States ended isolationist trade by force. One difference between China and Japan's responses of western penetration was the reaction to westernization. Other differences are the reactions are what both countries did after foreign interference along with what happened before giving up to the enemy and how they felt about themselves.

The reactions of China and Japan contrasted in different ways. The response of western penetration of Japan was different in comparison to China's response to westernization and western penetration. While China was a society that was more self centered and thought highly of itself. China was forced to trade after the Opium wars. The Opium war was a way of China
Before foreign intervention, both empires were in decline. Both China and Japan were once isolationists in trading, but soon they were both forced into trading openly with other countries.. The foreign meddlers like the British interfering with China and the Americans interfering with Japan. The British and the Americans forced the Chinese and the Japanese to open up their trading ports. In Japan, the US Navy; led by Matthew Perry brought with him 20 American naval warships with a letter from Millard Fillmore. If the Japanese did not accept his offer to start trading, the Americans could launch a quick attack right there. The British forced the Chinese to trade, but only after defeating them in the devastating Opium war that was caused because of the financial problems and the drug addiction to