COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Only the United States established Chinese spheres of influence.
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Only the British supported China’s Qing dynasty.
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Only the United States promoted rebellions in China.
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Only the British fought a war to open China’s markets.
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Detailed explanation-1: -European powers supported rebellions against the Chinese government, while the United States helped suppress them. How were British and American forms of economic imperialism in Asia different during the 19th century? Only the United States established Chinese spheres of influence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Resources like coal, iron, and rubber were in high demand. Some nations did not have enough raw materials to support their industrialization and looked to other lands to find them. Expanding outside of its borders also allowed a country to enter foreign markets for the purpose of selling industrial goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under New Imperialism there was rise in racial segregation. Under Old Imperialism, a single nation used to control large Geographical areas. The people of the land conquered by Spain were subjected to forced labor, whereas Britain had established a policy of limited self rule.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did European imperialism in India differ from European imperialism in China during the 18th and 19th centuries? Europeans took almost absolute control over India’s government, but focused only on securing trading rights in China.
Detailed explanation-5: -The most devastating impact colonialism had on 19th and early 20th century China was on the Qing state. During the colonial era, the Qing state became politically, administratively and financially too weak to function as an effective government to lead the country towards a positive direction.