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IMPERIALISM IN EAST ASIA
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Interest Before Imperialism• China offered trade by Europe, they refused• China was largely self-sufficient, not needing anything Europe was offering• China also had a large supply of natural resources• Due to the self-sufficiency, China wanted little to do with Europe. • Europe, at this point, dependent on China trade (they want monopoly)
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Introducing Opium!•What is Opium?• Opium poppy seeds come the Poppy Flower• Smoking the seeds has proven to be addictive• Grown mostly in India• English come up with a plan:• Sell Opium to Chinese and get them hooked• Chinese, dependent on drug, will do what British want
• Leads to the Opium War (1839 & 1859)• China tries to seize Opium assets and trade from British• British navy fires on China as a result• British wins, Treaty of Nanking (essentially Britain could do
what it wanted)
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Boxer Rebellion (1900)• Poor peasants and workers angry about special privileges given to foreigners• They form the Boxers and capture a Chinese-European city before being pushed out by foreign troops•While they lost, the Boxer Rebellion lead to a growth of Chinese nationalism
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Nationalism• After the Boxer Rebellion, Chinese people knew that they needed to resist foreign interventions• Chinese citizens were calling for their government to make more changes against the Imperialistic invaders
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MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER PART OF ASIA
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Japanese Isolation Ends• Japan remains isolated for
centuries• Only people they do business
with is the Dutch, Chinese, and Koreans
• US Commodore Matthew Perry opens trade with Japan• Japan relents and agrees to
trade with US (Treat of Kanagawa)
• Other European countries begin to push into the untapped land
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Meiji Reforms• Japan realizes pretty quickly
it needs to modernize• Sends scouts to study Europe
and USA (pays off immensely)• Also begins to Industrialize
Japan
• Japan soon rose to be an imperial power• Took away foreign rights of
Europeans
• Made Europeans obey Japanese laws
• Japan and China eventually duke it out over Korea (Sino-Japanese War)-Japan wins and gains Taiwan and Pescadores Islands
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Japanese Empire Emerges• Russia vs. Japan• Japan and Russia want
Manchuria. Japan offers “Stay out of Korea and you can keep Manchuria”• Russia refuses
• Russo-Japanese War• Japan holds a surprise attack
against Russia, destroys most of their navy
• Theodore Roosevelt helps draft treaty between the two nations, Treaty of Portsmouth
• Korea vs. Japan• Japan now a powerhouse of
East Asia, goes after Korea• Japan pushes more and more
and eventually annexes Korea• Everyone outside of Asia
recognized Japan was a fierce opponent, but ultimately decided to ignore their actions• (Hey, if they’re bothering me,
why should I care?)
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