disputes and problems that led to war. When dealing with western powers a negative result always occurred for China as they had inferior technology and military. This allowed the Europeans to create unfair treaties and take advantage of the Chinese; ultimately exploiting them and causing their economy and advancement as a nation to falter. The largest and perhaps most significant set of events concerning economic conditions in China in the 1800’s were the Opium Wars. However to fully understand their
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waterborne illnesses. The East India Company was most famous for trading and exporting tea; it had a monopoly in the tea business. This monopoly and power led to the crumble of one of the greatest civilization of China.‚ this was because of the trade of opium. Political: China was a really strong civilization at the time; it was completely
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plundering other countries’ resources and make their own country wealthy. But its failure tell us that unfair trade such as smuggle and monopoly could not work for a long time and colonial people would fight for their freedom. British East India Company’s first important event was the tea trade with China. In the 17th century‚ Chinese tea was really popular in England. It was said that “each man‚ woman and child almost consumed three hundred cups every year” (Labaree‚ 1975). Not only upper class like drinking
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would buy in large quantities. Eventually‚ the British East India company discovered such a product - opium. Opium is a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. The Chinese government tried to stop the opium trade by appealing to British royalty. When those pleas went unanswered‚ the quarrel
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Japanese imperialism has to do with China. China and Japan both had an interest in Korea‚ and there was a conflict. Japan came out victorious‚ and was even able to gain the island of Taiwan. However‚ a dispute with Russia (known as the Russo-Japanese war) over territory in Manchuria and Korea was the announcement to the world that Japan was now a force to be reckoned with. Japan’s victory surprised the other nations‚ and Japan gained more power through this victory. For Japan‚ Korea was a very valuable
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Both witnessing the decline of power‚ the Ottoman Empire and China experienced serious economic and political issues. The Ottoman Empire and China were among the most prosperous empires in the world‚ militarily eclipsing European countries in ancient times. However‚ due to similar reasons and idiosyncratic factors‚ the two empires saw the downfalls. To begin with‚ economically‚ the Ottoman Empire and China deteriorated from inside. However‚ the declines were different. The Ottoman Empire was one
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amounts of opium that they gathered from from India. Soon there after‚ the balance of payments had reversed. The Chinese were the ones trading the gold and silver‚ along with other goods for the opium. Opium is an addictive drug prepared from the opium poppy‚ used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic. The Chinese were hooked! This caused a pandemic of drug abuse‚ and large economic chaos. In 1830‚ the Chinese government tried extremely hard to end the importation of opium. They sent a
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Both the Chinese and the Portuguese sought involvement in the Indian Ocean trade but each group used methods that juxtaposed each other. The Chinese had a lot of goods that those involved in the Indian Ocean trade routes desired. On the other hand‚ the Portuguese did not really have any goods to trade; no one needed iron pots or the wool clothing that they produced. This led the Europeans to take a different approach; since they could not trade in the way others could‚ they had to use coerce their
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Colonize or Be Colonized As the colonies of the Unites States of America were establishing a new nation‚ independent of British control‚ another region of the world was just starting to taste European influence: the Pacific. Unlike the United States‚ where Britain exercised complete dominance for quite some time‚ the powers in the Pacific shifted among various countries and regions. These shifts in power were most evident starting around 1793 and throughout most of the 19th century when European
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sea The Opium Wars‚ 1839-1842 and 1856-1860 ABSTRACT Sea of Poppies is the novel set prior to opium war‚ on the bank of the Ganges and in Calcutta. The author compares the Ganges with the Nile‚ the lifeline of the Egyptian civilization attributing the provenance. He portrays the character as poppy seed is emanating in large numbers from the field to sea‚ where every single seeds uncertain about its future. The main characters in the novel are Deeti‚ a mulatto American sailor‚ Zachary
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