The initial response from the Chinese towards western penetration was the practice of isolationism. The country resisted the West and it’s modern concepts and cut off contact with them completely. This hurt the economy nations that conducted trade with them such as Britain. After the British could no longer afford to lose revenue through the Chinese’s isolation, they snuck opium into the nation. The Chinese responded by burning it and sparked the Opium War. The defeat…
Imperialism is when one country dominates or takes over another. Great Britain rapidly grew in the 19th century. India, Asia and parts of Africa joined with them to help expand their territory. Some reasons countries wanted to imperialize other countries is because, of things such as raw materials, military expansion, and to have a balance of power.…
Assess the impact of interference by foreign powers on China’s development in the 20th century…
Because of the imperialism in china the economy over there went up. China become so rich that other countries were fascinated like Russia or japan and many more. If china were to be colonized it would be simple for them to trade goods. China got so much power and money from all the goods it gave away many thing because of the imperialism. The culture of china was also affected by the imperialism because since china’s powers was spreading people from all over Europe started to move to china .Therefore its culture got mixed a bit china would have never change like this if it weren’t for imperialism…
As Imperialism had become common throughout all of Asian modernization came along with it as a pair. Though as Asian as a whole there were negative affects many advancements had made up for it such as , technology advancements the establishments of…
In the postclassical era, China had become very successful in their development as a civilization making other cultures, such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, want to imitate their routine so they could compare to China’s power.…
Imperialism has many costs and many benefits. Some benefits are new technology, education, and new weaponry. Some costs are many reforms, unfair trade treaties, and many deaths. With all the losses of imperialism, there were benefits that counteracted the costs of all the losses. The costs of imperialism are outweighed by the benefits of imperialism. Imperialism benefits in Japan outweighed the costs by gaining a spot as a world power, building a stronger military, and earning a higher spot in economic trade. Britain’s imperialism was beneficial because it helped make society more productive, less violent, and more organized.…
- Why trade with China? Sell our goods, We want natural sources that we don't have, [Economy pushes us to imperialism. Main reason]…
In a similar, but much more dramatic case, the opening of international ports in China, introduced modern ideas to an age-old culture. The most noticeable direct effect of this is the Opium Wars, fought over the selling of opium by Western powers to the people of China. This conflict ended with the Treaty of Nanking, which ceded Hong Kong to the British and opened more ports to European trade. Most importantly, this conflict brought civil strife to China as supporters of opium trade turned against the emperor during the war, causing a break with traditions. Besides affecting the way people lived in Africa and Asia, Imperialism brought Europe tremendous amounts of wealth and power. While before obtaining natural resources, raw materials, and an agricultural surplus in quantities large enough to sustain the Industrial Revolution had been a great problem for the European powers, with the conquering of Asia and Africa a steady supply of all of these was brought to Europe by an infinitely cheap labor force, making it…
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 and Africa was that China had a revolution where as Africa did not. Another difference was that China was harder to conquer due to geography and the people who lived there.…
Throughout history, especially in the late 1800s to the early 1900s, imperialism was a prevailing affair in the world. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force, and it was used in political, economic, and social ways. Since the 1400s, people have debated over the most prominent reason of the cause of imperialism. Some believe that political reasons started the enthusiasm to seize smaller nations, while others argue that its cause was economical or social. All three forces are reasons for imperialism, and they all confirm that imperialism brought about a great change in the lives of people all around the world.…
I do not think that imperialism is beneficial to China. Firstly, Britain forced China to consent to opium, as payment for their goods because gold and silver were rare. Though, when China refused, it triggered the first Opium War. Then, when Britain conquered the war, China ended up using the opium as payment anyways. The opium eventually caused the Chinese people to become addicted, and the addiction became an epidemic. This shows that imperialism caused terrible wars, drug addictions, and even rebellion. Simply, imperialism wasn’t helpful at…
One reason imperialism is good is we will have more naval bases to help Protect the US in case of war. This will keep us ready for everything. Another reason is we will have more materials. Materials could be gunpowder to fabrics it could also…
Near the end of the nineteenth century, there was a sharp increase in the need for people of Western civilization to expand their way of life across the globe. Colonization had begun in the 1600s as a method of economic gain for European countries. The reasons for expansion in the late nineteenth century, however, had deviated from only economical prosperity. The notion that evolution as well as the belief in their racial and cultural superiority caused many white Europeans and Americans to assume that they, as a people, had the right and were destined to dominate the world and thus served as one of the central justifications for imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.…
Imperialism is the policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. This policy was practiced by the Western Europeans throughout the 18th and 19th century. When they were colonizing what they classified as weaker nations, the colonizer and the colonized viewed the experience of imperialism in very different ways. The conquered nations of Africa, India, Middle East, and Indochina experienced the takeover by the Europeans but the effect of this was on the negative side. Based on the colonized countries, the Age of Imperialism did not improve the human condition.…