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    Persuasive Essay “History repeats itself‚ first as tragedy‚ second as farce‚” declared political theorist Karl Marx. A hundred fifty years ago‚ the ravaging of the Summer Palace by the British army remains a crucial issue in China. The British should return the historical treasures looted from China’s Summer Palace during the Second Opium War because China will then have a complete collection of their meaningful historical collection‚ auctioneers will stop selling Chinese artifacts back to China

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    The Opium Wars The Opium Trade During the Qing dynasty in China‚ the Qing government was not very fond of trade or any kind of contact with the outside world. If they found something they didn’t approve of‚ they destroyed it. The isolationism may also have been for religious purposes. The Qing dynasty may not have wanted their people to be exposed to different religions. The only port they allowed for trade was the port at Guangzhou. At this time‚ Britain as facing a problem; they had a high

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    Chapter 26 The West and The World "Old Imperialism" occurred between the 16th and 18th centuries; European powers did not usually acquire territory in Africa and Asia but rather built a series of trading stations; the New World was the exception--many countries established colonies in the Americas; many Europeans also emigrated from their homelands "New Imperialism" Began in 1880s in Africa‚ earlier in Asia; in 1800 Europeans controlled about 7% of the world’s territory--by 1914 they controlled

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    Case Study- Genocide in Rwanda Anita Zeltsman Summary The Rwandan Genocide‚ which began on April 6th‚ 1994‚ was the mass slaughter of the Tutsis by the Hutus in the East African state of Rwanda. Lasting approximately 100 days (ending on mid-July‚1994)‚ 800‚000 Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers were slaughtered (as much as 20% of the country’s total population). The tension and longstanding ethnic competition between the minority group-Tutsi’s‚ who had had power in the land for centuries‚ and the

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    the West and the historical timing of the Western intrusion; and as the reasons for the difference in modernization Japan’s familiarity with borrowing culturally from others‚ the rise of its reformist elite‚ and its pluralistic political system. First of all‚ the way China and Japan reacted to the West’s increasing pressure to open to trade was very different. Both countries had long maintained isolationist tendencies‚ with limited commerce with the West. China welcomed foreign trade‚ but western

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    Consider Sea of Poppies as a historical novel Indian English novel writing shares a literary community. For instance‚ during 1930s‚ novelists like Mulk Raj Anand‚ Raja Rao and R K Narayan had ‘Gandhi’ as a shared literary‚ philosophical and cultural influence. Then post-independence period of novel writing portrays the partition fiction and subsequently the trauma. The decade of 1980s onwards‚ novels are exhibiting the political scenario of the nation either it is by Rohinton Mistry or novelists

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    trades and merchants in Canton. However‚ by late 18 century‚ the trading system seemed to change. The British commenced the opium trade‚ which created a steady demand among Chinese addicts and further solved the chronic imbalanced trade. As the Opium War broke out with Britain‚ China was no longer on the top of the world. The Celestial Empire not only was forced to be subservient to British trading regulations‚ but also somewhat became a semi-colonial country. The East India Company founded in 1600

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    I was marching knee deep in the mud of the trenches‚ hoping the war would cease‚ while knowing that that day would never come. Yet‚ when that day did come‚ I was reluctant to leave my post. Getting shipped back home‚ meant I could finally address the issues that I was ignoring. While I was in it for the long haul‚ I

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    2013. . Imperialism in China:. Jennifer Berringer‚ n.d. Web. 7 Jan. 2013. . Imperialism In China. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 7 Jan. 2013. . "IMPERIALISM OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY." Study Guide for Imperialism. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 7 Jan. 2013. Ownby‚ David. "Opium Wars." ttp://encarta.msn.com. Microsoft Corporation‚ 2003. Web. 7 Jan. 2013. Preserve Articles. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 8 Jan. 2013. .

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    The quality of the soldiers was definitely among the reasons as to why the British were defeated in Malaya and Singapore during WWII. Their morale was low as most of them were recruited not from the locals but from Nepal‚ Britain‚ India and elsewhere and so did not have the fortitude to defend Singapore. Furthermore‚ the soldiers defending Singapore were heterogeneous comprising of many races and nationalities and spoke different languages which posed a communication problem amount them. Additionally

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