that some Chinese even believed in transforming the Confucian civilization into more of a modernized European civilization. 2. Describe the goals of each of the following movements (a) Taiping Rebellion‚ (b) Self-Strengthening Movement‚ (c) Hundred Days of Reform‚ (d) Boxers. a. The goal of the Taiping Rebellion was to overthrow the Qing dynasty and spread Christianity‚ and it was led by a Christian convert‚ Hong Xiuquan‚ who allegedly thought that he had the divine right to establish the “Heavenly
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can be lifted to such high level. Western culture on Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is more like clothes wore out of the feudal rule. Firstly‚ let’s look back the origin of Taiping Rebellion. Historians usually regard the influence of Good Words for Exhorting the Age (Quanshi liangyan) as the main reason for this rebellion. Good Words for Exhorting the Age is a brochure about some simple tracts in Chinese outlining the basic elements of Christian doctrine (Spence‚ 1999)‚ written by Liang Fa‚ a Chinese
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integrate western imperial ideals into their traditional culture‚ so they were unable to resist. There were numerous aspects that influenced the west’s victory over China such as: allowing the west to do as they pleased‚ unfair treaties‚ and uprisings/rebellions. The treaty of Nanjing end the first opium war in 1842‚ but was founded on British terms. The British imposed on Chinese sovereignty and opened up five trade routes. The Great Powers were exhibiting their superiority over China by granting themselves
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AS 91104(v.1): analyse significant connections across texts‚ supported by evidence Utopian vs. dystopian The texts that I used to research connections of rebellion and controlled where‚ In Time directed by Andrew Niccol‚ The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury‚ Examination day by Henry Slesar and Imagine composed by John Lennon. In time directed by Andrew Niccol‚ Will Salis (Justin Timberlake) my character of interest is an ordinary guy paying his dues as a steel mill labourer.in the tragic scene
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Character Sketch of Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist and narrator of the novel The Hunger Games by Suzane Collins. All the events that happen in the novel have an influence on her. Katniss is 16 years old with straight long black hair usually worn in a braid. She has gray eyes‚ and olive skin. These traits are common in the Seam in the lower class miners of District 12. To begin with‚ when she’s in the woods‚ she wears everyday clothes and always carries a bow and arrows to
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Something drove McCandless to venture out of the secure lifestyle his future had become and do the unexpected thing and journey across the Western hemisphere. Many people speculate that McCandless left because of simple rebellion and a penchant for risk-taking. While rebellion and risk-taking might have played a small role‚ I believe that McCandless’s family issues and philosophical beliefs were the true reasons he left to explore the vast and wild north. The McCandless family suffered from many
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girl named Katniss Everdeen. She is a tough hunter and provides food for her family due to her father’s death and her mother’s illness. She also has a younger sister‚ Primrose. Every year there is a Hunger Games reaping. The reaping of the Hunger Games is when one boy and one girl from each district are forced to participate in The Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV. Primrose gets picked for this event and Katniss volunteers to take her place. Throughout this novel‚ Katniss faces many
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American Slavery‚ American Freedom Book Review Edmund S. Morgan’s book‚ American Slavery‚ American Freedom‚ is a book focused on the Virginian colonists and how their hatred for Indians‚ their lust for money‚ power‚ and freedom led to slavery. The Virginian society had formed into‚ as Morgan put it‚ a republican society towards the end of the 18th century. This society believed in a certain view of freedom and liberty that would define America‚ through the realization of how this republican
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the case. 8. In fact‚ the British were importing so much _______ from China that the trade deficit actually _________ more than $30 billion. 9. But eventually‚ after another war (and one of the most destructive civil rebellions in Chinese and possibly world history‚ the Taiping Rebellion) the situation was _______________ and Europeans‚ especially the British became the dominant _________________ ___________ in China. 10. Europeans had been involved in Africa since the 16th century when the Portuguese
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The Communist Revolution started in 1911‚ and later the Chinese had to to fight off the Japanese invasion with the the help of the United states. Once the Japanese surrendered‚ at the end of world war 2‚ the Chinese Civil War strengthened. This was without a doubt the worst and most violent events in the history of China‚ and it lasted for four miserable years between 1945-1949. This entire civil war was primarily about Nationalist and Communist control over China‚ with Mao Zedong and many
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