HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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By defeating the Chinese military and establishing permanent colonies throughout China
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By creating spheres of influence in Chinese territory that granted them special trading rights
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By agreeing to help China industrialize in exchange for access to its valuable markets
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By forcing Chinese merchants to sell them opium at extremely low prices
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Detailed explanation-1: -Regardless, China struggled to maintain its own sovereignty throughout the 19th century and increasingly came under the control of foreign influences. This opened up China to more trade opportunities for the western powers and created a large market for the goods from across the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -INTRODUCTION: Colonialism first stepped into China after the victory of the British Navy in the first opium war (1839-42). This war is marked in history as the first in which steam-driven ships were used as the main force (Spence, J. D. 2013: 157).
Detailed explanation-3: -Western powers controlled trade with China in several ways, but primarily with “gunboat diplomacy": using their superior military force to put pressure on the Chinese government, open up markets, and obtain leases for property in China.
Detailed explanation-4: -This settlement allowed Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia all to claim exclusive trading rights with specific areas of China. These areas were referred to as “spheres of influence". Some countries went so far as to claim to actually own the land within it’s sphere of influence.