COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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China separated itself into pro-European industrial regions and anti-European farming regions.
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Some regions of China had been conquered by Europeans, while others remained Chinese.
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Conflicts like the Taiping Rebellion had split the country into many warring factions.
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European states hoped to economically dominate different parts of China.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 19th century, Europeans were able to divide China in Spheres of influence mainly because the: Chinese were eager to adopt western culture. Europeans had technologically superior military forces. Europeans were willing to adopt Chinese customs.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Following its loss of the two Opium Wars, China entered a period where foreign imperial powers developed ‘spheres of influence’ within its borders. Each of the following nations developed and established ‘spheres of influence’ in China after the mid-1800s: France, Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The agreements reached between the Western powers and China following the Opium Wars came to be known as the “unequal treaties” because in practice they gave foreigners privileged status and extracted concessions from the Chinese.