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Imperialism China & Japan
A. Japan
B. China
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A. Japan
• Westerners became interested in gaining access to Japan in the early 1800’s
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• Japan initially refused to let Westerners into their nation
• Very isolated and happy
• Under threat of military force by the United States, Japan allowed the Westerners into their nation
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• Japan doesn’t want Westerners to dominate them
• They will modernize and copy the ways of the Europeans and Americans
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• Japan will eventually want it’s own territories to establish an empire to show its growing strength
• Two wars fought by Japan to gain territory: – Sino-Japanese 1894-1895 (against the Chinese) – Russo-Japanese 1904-1905 (against the Russians) – Japan will win both wars and now have control of Korea
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B. China• China was self-sufficient and had little contact with
the west before the new era of Imperialism
• Europeans only allowed in certain port cities
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• During the era of Imperialism, Europeans and Americans want more access to China
• China will be divided into spheres of influence
• Europeans will have the right to trade in their areas of China
• China not controlled politically
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• China can not oppose Westerners because they do not have the technology and are not organized militarily
• The U.S. does not have a sphere of influence
• Wants access to China• The U.S. creates the
Open Door Policy– all nations have equal
trade rights in China – no one country controlled any area in China.
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Chinese will resent the Europeans & Americans for:
1. Making the Chinese addicted to opium
2. Not obeying Chinese laws
3. Forcing China to open its ports to Westerners
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• Resentment leads to growth of nationalist feelings and many rebellions
• Boxer Rebellion (1900): – a secret society will
attack the foreigners– Will not be
successful in ousting them