COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Education reforms
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Military reforms
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Cultural reforms
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Political reforms
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Detailed explanation-1: -European political power, commerce, and culture in Asia gave rise to growing trade in commodities-a key development in the rise of today’s modern world free market economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did Western influences change Chinese society and culture? Western influence in China affected the Chinese economy in three ways: Westerners introduced modern transportation and communications, created an export market, and integrated the Chinese market into the nineteenth century world economy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the reform period, the government reduced tariffs and other trade barriers, with the overall tariff rate falling from 56% to 15%. By 2001, less than 40% of imports were subject to tariffs and only 9 percent of import were subject to licensing and import quotas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: 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.