Westernization Of Japan And China
Elizabeth Lee
Mr. Brondel
East Asians Studies
8 December 2014 Westernization of China and Japan Non Western countries such as China and Japan dealing with the pressure from the West to modernize, industrialize, and westernize. Japan and China both had significant differences in terms of how both parties dealt and responded to the pressure of West expanding throughout their lands. Although both countries had remarkable differences, there were definitely similarities. The differences and similarities on how China and Japan reacted to the western imperialism represents how the people of each nations thought and processed the West intrusion into their nations. In general, Japan was more successful in modernizing and industrializing during the Meji Restoration. As Japan was being be pressured with the continuous westernization, they realized that they themselves had to modernize and industrialize, during the Meji Restoration, in order to cooperate with the West. Japan began to further advance into the Industrial Revolution. After Japan was …show more content…
This eventually lead to lagging behind Japan, especially economically. China, not being able to entirely realize the necessity to modernize and westernize, continued to fight against the West rather than the act of cooperation. An example would be the Boxer Rebellion, where many Chinese responded to the western intervention with brutal battles and persevering the unwindable on going tension between China and the West. China never truly had an official Industrial Revolution because they believed that the economy was thriving without industrialization which was furthermore rejected. China considered themselves, culture, and history superior to the barbarians which inhibited them from embracing the
Mr. Brondel
East Asians Studies
8 December 2014 Westernization of China and Japan Non Western countries such as China and Japan dealing with the pressure from the West to modernize, industrialize, and westernize. Japan and China both had significant differences in terms of how both parties dealt and responded to the pressure of West expanding throughout their lands. Although both countries had remarkable differences, there were definitely similarities. The differences and similarities on how China and Japan reacted to the western imperialism represents how the people of each nations thought and processed the West intrusion into their nations. In general, Japan was more successful in modernizing and industrializing during the Meji Restoration. As Japan was being be pressured with the continuous westernization, they realized that they themselves had to modernize and industrialize, during the Meji Restoration, in order to cooperate with the West. Japan began to further advance into the Industrial Revolution. After Japan was …show more content…
This eventually lead to lagging behind Japan, especially economically. China, not being able to entirely realize the necessity to modernize and westernize, continued to fight against the West rather than the act of cooperation. An example would be the Boxer Rebellion, where many Chinese responded to the western intervention with brutal battles and persevering the unwindable on going tension between China and the West. China never truly had an official Industrial Revolution because they believed that the economy was thriving without industrialization which was furthermore rejected. China considered themselves, culture, and history superior to the barbarians which inhibited them from embracing the