COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Japan’s economy was growing steadily because it remained isolated from the rest of the world, while China’s economy remained weak because it had opened itself up to the influence of imperial countries.
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China’s economy profited from the country’s colonization of other parts of Asia, while Japan’s economy remained stagnant because its army was weak and could not be sent to establish colonies.
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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.
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China became economically strong because it accepted Western influences and trade agreements, while Japan remained economically weak because of its refusal to abandon its policy of isolationism.
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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: -By the end of 19th century, Japan had become the only industrialized nation in Asia, while China remained an agricultural state that lagged far behind. Sino-Japanese War when China lost Taiwan to Japan for half a century, until the end of World War II in 1945.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Both China and Japan viewed themselves as superior to other countries but acted differently on this idea. China was focused on defense while Japan began to plan for world conquest. Arguably while China was focused on self-stabilization, Japan was focused on projecting their imperialism towards the rest of Asia.
Detailed explanation-5: -Japan’s reaction to Western imperialism differed from China’s because they modernized government, rapid, and military. Japan was more successful than China in maintaining its independence because they had more of a controlled society and government.