COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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adopted democratic reforms
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gained control of Hong Kong
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regained control of Manchuria
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was divided into spheres of influence
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Detailed explanation-1: -The treaty committed the Chinese to free trade, including the trade in opium. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain, and the Treaty Ports of Guangzhou, Amoy, Foochow, Shanghai and Ningpo were opened to all traders. The Chinese also paid reparations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Opium Wars marked the start of the era of unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers (primarily Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, and Japan) in which China was forced to concede many of its territorial and sovereignty rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.