HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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China separated itself into pro-European industrial regions and anti-European farming regions.
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Some regions of China had been conquered by Europeans, while others remained Chinese.
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Conflicts like the Taiping Rebellion had split the country into many warring factions.
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European states hoped to economically dominate different parts of China.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The spheres of influence in China were established to make money for the European powers, like Russia, Great Britain, and France. Warlords of provinces in China set up arrangements allowing these nations to mine, trade, or build railways.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following its loss of the two Opium Wars, China entered a period where foreign imperial powers developed ‘spheres of influence’ within its borders. Each of the following nations developed and established ‘spheres of influence’ in China after the mid-1800s: France, Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The agreements reached between the Western powers and China following the Opium Wars came to be known as the “unequal treaties” because in practice they gave foreigners privileged status and extracted concessions from the Chinese.
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".