COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Although both Japan and China began to westernize their cultures, China adapted new ideas into its culture much faster than Japan.
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Japan opened its society and culture to Western influences, while China continued to resist any outside influence on its customs and beliefs.
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China began establishing a Western-style educational system, while Japan refused to change its educational system in order to preserve its culture.
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Many Japanese began to convert to European religions, while most Chinese continued to follow their own religious traditions and beliefs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How were Japan and China economically different from each other by the end of the 19th century? Japan was a successfully industrialized country with a sizable army and a strong economy, while China’s economy remained weak and vulnerable to the interferences of imperial countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -China and Japan responded to Western imperialism differently. Essentially, Japan gave in to the Western pressure to opening their ports and cities to foreign trade and relations, while China refused. This allowed Japan to very successfully modernize.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both countries have collective society, but Japan has an external collective culture, while China has an internal collective culture. It means Japanese collectivism is more society-centered, while Chinese collectivism is more family-centered. In Japan, following social standard and social order is very important.
Detailed explanation-4: -This essay, therefore, will argue that the main differences in Japan and China’s response to the West in the 19th century were that Japan yielded to Western pressure to open to trade while China refused to, and that Japan successfully modernized while China failed to.