European Exploration: In 1543‚ shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Merchants soon followed them. Their intentions were to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and southeast Asia. They brought clocks‚ eyeglasses‚ tobacco‚ firearms and other unfamiliar items from Europe. Japanese purchased weapons and soon started their own production. Cannons especially had a huge impact on Japan’s warfare and living situations. They started to build fortified castles
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How Western Imperialism affects China and Japan China and Japan had very different experiences with Western Imperialism . Their reactions to western interference would lay a foundation for their destiny in a world that was rapidly progressing forward ‚ leaving the traditional world behind . China viewed themselves as totally self sufficient ‚ superior ‚ and the only truly civilized land in a barbarous world. They were inward looking and were encouraged by the conservative Confucianistic beliefs
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The European arrival had an effect on both China and Japan. China and Japan had some similar and different reactions to the arrival of the Europeans. In China and Japan‚ the European arrival affected the technologies and economies of both societies similarly‚ whereas the reason of isolation differed in these societies. The technology of the European’s following their arrival penetrated both the Japanese and Chinese societies. In China‚ in order to gain the elites interest in the Christian religion
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China and Japan are two unique civilizations that went through similar‚ yet vastly different changes throughout their histories. Their growth and response to other nations differed in many ways in government‚ lifestyle‚ and general well-being. One of the main causes for such difference between the countries is the way the West influenced each region‚ and the way China and Japan responded to this influence. China focused more on the idea of being a "status oriented" society‚ while Japan was more
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R314632 Japan – China ‚ Their Modernization and the comparison China and Japan both came under pressure from the West in the 19th century. The West wanted to open up foreign trade and relations‚ during this period in time neither Japan or China had the means to stand up against the West. This due to the fact that both the United states of America and Europe went through an industrial revolution‚ hence they had superior technology and weaponry for this time period. Japan and China basically had
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CHINA‚ INDIA‚ AND JAPAN RESPONDS TO WESTERN IMPERIALISM C. H. HIS 351 Asia in Age of Decolonization and Globalization August 2012 Western imperialism or expansion ignored a country’s sovereign right to self-rule and independence from dominant foreign powers. Using the premise of colonization or Manifest Destiny‚ the search for trade routes‚ raw goods and materials‚ and cheap sources of labor legitimized imperialistic might. Whether it was the undiscovered countries of the Americas‚ the dark
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China’s cultural predominance in the region and its proximity to Japan had a really big impact on Japanese minds through the ages. China has always played a big role in Japan’s development for both historical and cultural reasons. When China failed to defend itself against foreign interference Japan couldn’t help but starting to see China in a new light. Its continued political instability gave Japan the opportunity to challenge China’s position in the region which would later result in the Sino-Japanese
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history. Within the massive land under Mongol rule laid the lands of China and Russia. The Mongols knew how to maintain their empire but had different ways of doing it in each part. This lead to the separate‚ divergent ways of governing the two lands. In China and Russia‚ the Mongol era brought an immense change in political and economical power. In China‚ political impact from the Mongols came off much stricter than it did in Russia. The leader of the Mongolians‚ Kublai Khan guided the Mongols to
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Throughout history‚ Russia has developed differently from the “western” civilization. Russia started off as being similar to the “western” culture‚ but overtime developed into one that the west never saw. Russia was influenced in it’s development from the conquest of the Mongols to Peter I. Russia also had unique features that were a first for societies in Europe and the rest of the world. Russia throughout history has been conquered by many different groups of people‚ from the Mongols to Peter
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Apocalypse 02/21/2012 Voldemort Period 2 China And Russia. Yay. During the 20th century‚ the world went through extensive changes both economically and politically. Communism‚ a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common‚ actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state‚ was introduced to the Middle East. Russia and China adopted this ideology which dramatically altered their countries. Both nations used
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