COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN 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: -The primary motive of British imperialism in China in the nineteenth century was economic. There was a high demand for Chinese tea, silk and porcelain in the British market. However, Britain did not possess sufficient silver to trade with the Qing Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Opium War and these treaties were emblematic of an era in which Western powers tried to gain unfettered access to Chinese products and markets for European and U.S. trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did western powers gain greater trading rights in China? Western powers gain greater trading rights in china by making unfair treaties with china. For example the first treaty following the first opium war, the treaty of nanjing. In this treaty China had to open 5 ports.
Detailed explanation-4: -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).